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Aidan Devine is the real estate editor for the Daily Telegraph.

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Sydney

Multiple units in this building at 18 Footbridge Blvd in Wentworth Point have recently sold at a loss, including a units purchased in 2014 for $704,000 and $706,000, which this year resold for $635,000 and $700,000 respectively. NSW real estate.

Most dangerous ‘burbs to buy a unit

Desperate homeowners have been reselling units for up to $200,000 less than they paid for them in suburbs where the supply of new high-rise apartments has been mounting.

Sydney

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 7/8/19Francis Floresca says saving for his first home helped him lose nearly 30kg as he was forced to eat home cooked meals instead of fast food to save money. Pictured at Sydney Olympic Park where he has bought his first apartment. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Buying home ‘made me lose 30kg’

A high school teacher who recently purchased his first home has revealed the experience had a surprising effect on his weight, causing him to drop nearly 30kg. And he’s not alone.

Sydney

For Saturday Telegraph real estate story. Jess Yeates is on the hunt for her first home but says it has been a struggle because there isn't much stock available for sale. Pictured at her parents house. She is seeking a home in Freshwater, the same area she lives in. Picture Rohan Kelly.

Hesitant buyers will pay big price

Home seekers who sit on their hands and delay purchasing property could be saddled with a nasty surprise when they eventually start house shopping, real estate experts are warning.

North Shore

take 2 Cassandra Thorburn nsw real estate

Cass Thorburn finds buyer for $9m home

Cassandra Thorburn has secured the speedy sale of the Cremorne waterfront home she and ex-husband Karl Stefanovic bought back in 2016.

Sydney

Sydney renters cash in on vacancy crisis

Sydney is becoming a dream location for renters as landlords grappling with the worst vacancy crisis since records began offer tenants massive savings and up to a month’s free rent.

Inner West

28 Henley Marine Drive, Five Dock. NSW real estate.

Buyer pays $500k extra for ‘most colourful home ever’

An inner west home with water views and an unusual choice of decor became a hotly contested piece of real estate when it went under the hammer, selling for half a million over reserve.

Sydney

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - Pictured are happy vendors Christine and Frank Slade after an Auction at their home at 16 Willow Crescent Ryde today. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Couple sell house for $1.35m profit

A family in Sydney’s northwest got a welcome surprise when a massive crowd showed up at their auction to place bids on their property, helping them get a “sensational” result for a house they bought for $122,000 in 1989.

Sydney

Christine, Wayne & Luke (4) Braiding posing for photo at the house they've just rebuilt at 26 Walker Ave, Gymea NSW 2227, Australia, on 26/07/2018(Daily Telegraph-Flavio Brancaleone)

Mistake costing homeowners $900 a year

The typical Aussie homeowner is wasting $900 every year on payments they could have avoided, with the wastage totalling billions, new research shows.

NSW

33 Alice St, Harris Park. NSW real estate

Sydney home prices grow again

They had been falling for nearly two years but Sydney home prices appear to be on the rebound, growing for the second month in a row. And it’s due to some recent market changes.

National

Beautiful cityscape of Melbourne, Australia. Multitude of skyscrapers. CBD, aerial.

What you need to earn to buy cheapest city homes

Aussies can afford housing again in a range of suburbs thanks to drops in interest rates and property prices, with new research showing how much you need to earn to buy in each capital.

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