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Aidan DevineReal estate editor

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

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Wary buyers hold back at auctions

Wary buyers hold back at auctions

Sydney auctions produced unexpected results for those accustomed to last year’s soaring prices, but one type of property remained hotly contested. See this weekend’s results

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. January 29, 2022.Pictured are people at the inspection of 42 Headland Rd, North Curl Curl today prior to auction. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Buyer shift derails Sydney housing boom

Sydney’s once skyrocketing housing market has come back down to earth following another month of lacklustre growth in home prices, with analysts revealing an alarming new trend.

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Manish Mittal, with wife Sajora and daughter Amaira, 5, bought land in Mirvac development The Village in Menangle after unsuccessfully camping outside the offices of other land releases in the area. They will start building their home next month. Picture: Quentin Jones/Mirvac (NSW real estate)

Land crisis drives desperate buyers to extremes

Buying Sydney land has drawn comparisons with a gold rush amid frenzied demand and ‘shortages’. And with prices rising at the fastest rate in decades, buyers are taking drastic steps to get blocks.

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