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Jack Yeo bought an apartment, but doesn’t think he could afford a house.

Which jobs pay enough to save for a Melbourne house deposit

After a decade of saving, even many higher-paid professionals would be short of their goals as property prices rose out of reach.

  • Elizabeth Redman and Alice Uribe

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Biggera Waters on the northern Gold Coast.

Tree-change towns where houses cost almost the same as five years ago

House prices have more than doubled in the past five years in some parts of regional Australia, but other neighbourhoods have risen much less.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Stamp duty costs home buyers thousands.

The hidden housing cost that just got even more expensive

Home buyers would face an extra cost of tens of thousands on the typical house in the capital cities, calculations show.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Ben Ryan looked at buying a home, but the prices were too high.

Where to find a house in Melbourne on a budget of $950,000

Several neighbourhoods at this price point are further from the city, but it’s possible to find something closer if you know where to look.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Fiona Nicholson and Hugo Lohrer have been looking for a home for about six months.

Where to find a house in Sydney on a budget of $1.5 million

Prices have soared again, but it is possible to buy a home at this price point if you can find the right places to look.

  • Kristy Johnson
First home buyers.

How can I buy my first home in this economy? Experts rank most popular methods

Will using your super help or harm you in the end? What if I can’t withdraw from the bank of mum and dad? We examine common strategies Millennials and Gen Z use to get into the market.

  • Bronte Gossling
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More home buyers have bigger deposits than a few years ago.

‘Stood us in good stead’: Do home buyers really need a 20 per cent deposit?

The share of home buyers with small deposits has been falling, but more buyers could be able to get in with modest savings under Labor policy.

  • Elizabeth Redman and Clancy Yeates
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has dodged questions on whether he would help his son Harry pay for a house deposit.

Dutton, Albanese duck questions about policies that could ‘fuel the housing price fire’

Peter Dutton’s son told the media he was saving madly for a deposit. New figures suggest Labor and Liberal housing policies could make the task even harder.

  • Olivia Ireland, Shane Wright and Gemma Grant
A one-bedroom unit with Harbour Bridge views at 10/19 Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft, sold for $815,000 at auction on Saturday.

Wollstonecraft apartment with Harbour Bridge views sails off the market for $815,000

An owner-occupier from Chatswood paid $815,000 at auction on Saturday for a unit in Wollstonecraft, outbidding first-home buyers from Hornsby and the Hills district.

  • Kristy Johnson
A huge crowd gathered to watch the tiny Chatswood block go under the hammer.

The borrowers more likely to fall behind than their neighbours

Interest rates stayed on hold this week, but some home owners are feeling the pressure a lot more sharply than others.

  • Alice Uribe

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