Kristy Johnson
Kristy is a property reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald.
The Sydney suburbs where home buyers pay top dollar for tiny blocks
Architects have come up with clever ways to live in terraces and small homes close to parks and playgrounds, and buyers are on board.
- by Kristy Johnson
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Eastwood villa sells for $1.66 million, almost tripling since 2007
Four downsizers from the suburb and surrounds registered to bid on the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home that last sold for $570,000 less than two decades ago.
- by Kristy Johnson
The Sydney suburb where nobody is behind on their mortgage
As some Sydneysiders fall behind on their repayments in the cost-of-living crisis, other neighbourhoods are better placed to keep up.
- by Kristy Johnson
First home buyer nabs Zetland terrace for $20,000 under its reserve
The selling agent said Sydney’s property market faces a “premature” softer landing a month out from Christmas, but motivated sellers would meet the market.
- by Kristy Johnson
‘Downward pressure’: Sydney suburbs where home owners are selling now
Sydney home owners are deciding to sell their properties at greater rates this spring than normal, and some areas have made double-digit jumps.
- by Kristy Johnson
Sydney suburbs where house prices rose – and fell – most
Home-buying hopefuls are feeling the pressure of sustained high interest rates and high Sydney house prices, and it’s affecting where they look.
- by Kristy Johnson and Elizabeth Redman
Dad buys $2.9m Marrickville house for daughter minutes after first viewing
The Bellevue Hill father inspected the four-bedroom house for the first time just half an hour before the auction on Saturday morning. The guide was $2.2 million.
- by Kristy Johnson
Collette Dinnigan’s former Paddington home sells for $12.1 million
The four-bedroom home sold for almost three times what the fashion designer paid for the cottage in 2009 to a local family who were looking to upsize within the suburb.
- by Kristy Johnson and Tawar Razaghi
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NSW residential property
Interactive calculator: How much you need to borrow to buy in each Sydney suburb
Exclusive analysis shows how unreachable Sydney’s property market has become for first-home buyers – and it’s even worse than you think.
- by Kristy Johnson and Elizabeth Redman
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Victoria residential property
Interactive calculator: How much you need to borrow to buy in each Melbourne suburb
Exclusive analysis shows just how out of reach Melbourne’s property market has become for aspiring homeowners on average incomes.
- by Jim Malo and Kristy Johnson
‘A beautiful pocket’: The Sydney suburbs people never want to leave
Robert and Eleni Bonanno love their postcode so much that they are upsizing to live just 800 metres away from their current address.
- by Kristy Johnson
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