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Tennis champ Ash Barty is selling her Melbourne home.

Ash Barty to sell her renovated Melbourne home, but will she break even?

The tennis champ did a bathroom and kitchen renovation but will have to wait and see if she makes her money back on the three-bedroom townhouse.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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Footscray offers home buyers relative value.

Melbourne’s cheapest suburbs within 5km and 10km of the CBD

Rising living costs are pushing house hunters out of the city, but it’s possible to find better value if you know where to look.

  • Abbir Dib
Ted Adair and Courteney Boulter, pictured with their son Avery and dog Chewy, are selling their one bedroom home in Port Melbourne and are looking to upsize.

Where Melbourne home owners are selling up

The number of homes for sale has risen in some pockets, but after months of falling prices other areas are starting to buck the trend.

  • Alexandra Middleton
The six best homes for sale in Victoria.

Our six favourite homes for sale in Victoria right now

Looking for your next home in Victoria? From a chic coastal home that’s breezy and beachy, to a double-fronted Victorian, we’ve got you covered.

  • Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney
One Up Building co-owner Nick Simmons says labour shortages are starting to ease.

Here’s what you need to know from the latest inflation figures

It’s good news for vegetarians and those looking to build a new home, but bad news for those who love an omelette.

  • Millie Muroi, Shane Wright and Cassandra Morgan
Sydney and Melbourne property markets slowed late last year, which prompted some economists to rethink their predictions of growth.

Where house prices will rise fastest during 2025

Despite the effect of higher-for-longer interest rates and already high property prices, a new forecast picks the top performers.

  • Jim Malo
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Sellers in Melbourne’s prestige property market are spending top dollar to stand out from the crowd,

How Melburnians are paying up to $45,000 to style their homes for sale

With more homes for sale and buyers taking longer to make up their minds, sellers are spending top dollar to stand out from the crowd in a bid to get deals done.

  • Elizabeth Redman
19 Webbs Lane, Somerville

The eight best homes for sale in Victoria

Looking for your next home in Victoria? We’ve got you covered.

  • Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney
Jacob Povolny and Tyla Krogh have purchased a unit in Bentleigh East.

Moving from a Melbourne unit to a house gets six times harder in a generation

Melbourne house prices may have softened, but the price gap between buying a unit and a house has more than doubled in a decade, making it even hard for upsizers.

  • Alexandra Middleton
First home buyers can access the federal government’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme and the low-deposit First Home Guarantee to help purchase a property.

How a tax you rarely pay is slowing the property market

Economists say the tax raises the barrier to entry for first home buyers who are trying to get into the market and discourages empty nesters from downsizing.

  • Jim Malo

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