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Ollie Parker and his wife Gemma have put their three-bedroom home in Petersham, in the inner west, on the market.

‘Started to see a slowdown’: Where Sydney home owners are selling now

In some areas home owners are holding back from selling their homes, but in other areas listings have been sitting on the market.

  • Kristy Johnson
The Bungalow, Petersham

This Petersham hotspot is not afraid to switch things up

The Bungalow transforms from serene brunch spot in the day to a place of white tablecloths, brass table-lamps and cocktails in the evening.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Flight paths and housing.

The Sydney suburbs excluded from ‘missing middle’ housing plan

The “missing middle” reform was supposed to increase density in inner-city suburbs. Now the government will exclude most of the inner west and parts of other areas.

  • Max Maddison
Petersham’s The Gateway Club

‘Doing a tester’: The man who gave a sex worker fentanyl thinking it was cocaine

Shadi Salameh told a court that he was less “morally blameworthy” because he didn’t realise the drug was the synthetic opiate.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Georgie overlooks the beer garden at the White Cockatoo in Petersham.

The pub renovation, a beloved cockatoo and the search for a new home

When a Sydney pub was sold this month, the plight of its cockatoo-in-residence became the locals’ crusade to find it a new home.

  • Frances Howe
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Jose Silva at his Petersham venue.

This laid-back inner west spot is like a vine-clad European backyard

Shared meals and outdoor dining give customers a taste of Portugal at Lunas in Petersham.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Noi takes an adventurous approach to Italian cooking.
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Italian with a few twists and turns.

Chicken and chips at Frango.

Frango Charcoal Chicken

The cult famous chilli sauce is a closely guarded secret of the Fernandes family.

Sara Palmieri and Darryl Hughes are selling their Newtown home.

Popular Sydney suburbs where houses are snapped up fastest

Properties are selling rapidly in trendy and affordable pockets of Sydney, defying a broader slowdown in which many homes are taking longer to sell.

  • Kristy Johnson and Alexandra Middleton

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