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Road-headers have carved a tunnel overlapping the metro rail line near Victoria Cross station.

The two giant overlapping tunnels that pass metres apart below Sydney

Six giant road headers are working around the clock to dig the first new road crossing of Sydney Harbour in 30 years.

  • Megan Gorrey

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The Wharf, Birchgrove

The luxurious holiday home rentals that cost up to $150,000 a night

Rich summer visitors to Sydney are paying up to stay in the lap of absolute luxury, but there is better value around.

  • Sue Williams
1B Paradise Avenue, Avalon Beach

Eleven of our favourite NSW homes on the market

From penthouses and classic terraces to beachside beauties and sprawling country estates, we’ve rounded up the best homes for sale in NSW right now.

  • Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
159 Rowntree Street Birchgrove

Tri-level home in harbourside ’burb linked to Toni Collette fetches $5.8m

A “very humble” young doctor was prepared to pay whatever it took at auction to win the home for himself and his mother.

  • Carmen Forward
Jane Lu bought a house from Kerry Schott.

From her parents’ garage to a $13.75m waterfront home by age 37

Two business brains came together on title records when Showpo’s Jane Lu bought energy tzar Kerry Schott’s Birchgrove house.

  • Lucy Macken
An architectural tour group on the trail in Birchgrove.

Tours of other people’s homes gain in popularity

Interest in architecture grew during the pandemic when social media accounts on the topic flourished online, say experts.

  • Julie Power
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A Dulwich Hill apartment sold for $880,000 at auction on Saturday.

Downsizer outbids first home buyers for $880,000 Dulwich Hill unit

Four of the five bidders on the two-bedroom apartment were first home buyers, but it was a downsizer who walked away with the keys.

  • Kate Burke
The four-bedroom house near Birchgrove Oval last traded in 2005 for $845,000.

Rebel Wilson shows she’s a good daughter, as mum joins property play

Rebel Wilson may be trading in her Birchgrove home to move to London, but she hasn’t abandoned the Sydney property market, nor her family.

Rebel Wilson has listed her Sydney home on the Birchgrove waterfront following her move to London.

See ya Sydney: Rebel Wilson lists $9 million-plus Birchgrove home

Sydney’s loss is London’s gain as Rebel Wilson moves to the UK and puts her home on the Birchgrove waterfront up for sale for more than $9 million.

  • Lucy Macken
Jane Sinclair is frustrated her rates bill will rise, while many residents in areas with higher property prices will pay less.

'People are shocked': Sydney homeowners divided over rates plans

Ratepayers in parts of Sydney are frustrated by skyrocketing rates bills, while residents in nearby suburbs will have their rates slashed.

  • Megan Gorrey

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