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

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NSW

22.12.21 WEEKEND TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. MUST NOT USE BEFORE CLEARING WITH PIC EDITOR ROHAN KELLYRobert Forward with wife Tracey Steele and kids Braeden (16yrs) and Cadel (13yrs) at their house in Sans Souci today. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Suburbs with biggest boom in prices in 2021

Home sellers frequently netted prices more than $1m above already high reserves at Sydney auctions this year, with suburbs near one popular amenity getting the strongest sales.

Sydney

42A Wolseley Road, Point Piper. NSW Real Estate.

Sydney’s top home sales of 2021

Nearly 20 residential properties in Sydney traded for prices above $30 million this year, including a mix of luxury apartments that smashed records. See the top 20 sales.

Sydney

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL DECEMBER 3, 2021. PLEASE CONTACT WEEKEND PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Zaheer Jappie and Michelle Saunders with their children Laila Jappie, 2, Yaqub Jappie, 6, and Kinza Jappie, 9, outside their new home in Ruse that they will soon move into. The family will rent and eventually own the home a concept helping people get on the property ladder sooner. Picture: Jonathan Ng

New way to buy home without deposit

Home seekers will be able to rent their way to the Aussie dream with a new scheme designed to get aspiring buyers into the property market quicker and without a deposit.

Real Estate

Property boom tied to drop in births

Property prices rising at the fastest rate in decades has had a surprising influence on couples’ plans to have kids, a new study has revealed.

Property

SOLD FOR OVER $35M: This mansion at 7 Hillside Ave, Vaucluse sold during lockdown in Sydney. NSW real estate.

Revealed: most expensive homes sold in 2021

They were already jaw dropping, but prices for luxe Sydney homes hit even more lavish heights this year, with the top sale coming in at $60m. See which homes sold for the highest prices.

Sydney

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. DECEMBER 18, 2021.Pictured is Auctioneer James Virley during an auction at 36 Austral St, Malabar today which is directly next door to Long Bay correctional facility. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Dump next to Long Bay jail sells for ’crazy’ price

A rundown house that shares a wall with one of Sydney’s most notorious prisons has sold for more than $900,000 over reserve at an auction described as “emotionally charged”.

Real Estate

Enviable way school dropout owns 30+ homes

A high school dropout turned alarm salesman, who has about $9m in equity from his 30+ homes, says most Aussies misunderstand how property creates wealth and he has some brutal advice.

Commercial Real Estate

Abandoned Sydney scenes around the CBD during our second lockdown. China Town Haymarket .picture John Grainger

City region pandemic hit hardest

Mass shop and restaurant closures have created a vacancy problem in one major Sydney area, with one in four properties now sitting empty.

Property

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. DECEMBER 10, 2021.ÃPLEASE CONTACT WEEKEND PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING.Pictured in Manly today is Alison Walker and partner Davis Thompson and their 8 month old son Harry. They recently sold their Manly home and were surprised to get over $3m. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Revealed: prices home buyers will have to pay in five years

Sydney home buyers will have to pay very different prices for properties in five years time, new research shows. Check out how much homes in your area will be worth.

NSW

14-16 Strathfield Avenue, Strathfield, NSW real estate.

Strathfield house smashes records in cooling market

Inner west suburb Strathfield has a new record house price after a competitive auction where a dozen registered bidders pushed the price nearly $1m over reserve.

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