‘We got an amazing deal’
Homeowners have been capitalising on recent falls in property prices to finally upgrade to their dream home and many are now getting properties they never imagined they could afford.
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The cashed up buyers ruling home sales
Warning: don’t bid against these guys. One group of cashed up buyers is expected to dominate real estate sales this year and be the overwhelming beneficiary of recent shifts in the market.
Australia dominates world’s priciest cities ranking
Five Aussie cities have been ranked among the world’s 20 priciest cities for housing prices, with many of the country’s regional towns also deemed more unaffordable than New York.
What you need to earn to buy a Sydney home
Falling prices have made homes across much of Sydney affordable again for middle-income families, after prices dipped below the middle-income mortgage-stress threshold.
Land rates keep going up, despite falling prices
Housing experts say they’re puzzled how land values used by government to determine tax charges increased the past year, despite housing prices dropping off a cliff.
Home prices drop $20 every hour
Property values in the Sydney regions hardest hit by the downturn have been dropping every hour at the price of an Aussie breakfast that was at the centre of the housing affordability debate.
Uncertainty grips home auctions
Sydney’s home auction market has limped into 2019, with most sellers not expected to put their homes up for bidding until later this year when one key event removes uncertainty from sales.
Agents make desperate offers to lure new tenants
A flood of rental listings has turned Sydney into a tenant’s market, but renters on the hunt for a new home will have more bargaining power in one particular band of suburbs, new data shows.
Opal Tower part of legacy of NSW building disasters
Recent forced evacuations of a tower of 392 apartments in the Olympic Park area due to major cracks have followed a long line of other residential building disasters across Sydney.
3000 more rentals vacated in a month
Sydney tenants have twice as many properties to choose from than renters in Melbourne after a sudden spike in listings over the December period, new research shows.
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