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Inside the hoarder’s home at 14 Rush Street, Woollahra.

Woollahra hoarder’s home smashes its reserve and sells for $2.45m at auction

It took two years and 10 trips to the tip to clear out the decrepit house in Sydney’s centre, and two bidders with deep pockets fought hard to own it.

  • Sarah Webb

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Ryan Currie auctions the Flemington terrace.

Brisbane couple pay $1.02m for Flemington home they first inspected Saturday

The first home buyers had been “madly house hunting” all week, and wanted to secure a home before they flew back to Queensland on Sunday, the agent said.

  • Emily Power
House values have fallen in some of Sydney’s lifestyle markets.

Sydney suburbs where house prices have fallen up to 20 per cent

Some of greater Sydney’s most sought-after lifestyle markets are offering home buyers discounts compared to peaks three years ago.

  • Elizabeth Redman
House prices have fallen in several inner suburbs.

The Melbourne suburbs where house prices have fallen up to 20 per cent

Property prices have fallen by double digits since their peaks in several sought-after neighbourhoods that could be set to bounce back.

  • Alexandra Middleton
Dr Wayne Johnson, archaeologist with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, at the renovated terraces.

How a clever reno restored this Sydney heritage spot to its former glory

Families were living in a ramshackle laneway up from the harbour’s edge for hundreds of years. Now the old terraces have a new lease on life.

  • Sue Williams
A rare window of opportunity could open for home buyers thanks to new government incentives and a cooling market.

What falling interest rates will mean for the property market

Even if the cash rate doesn’t fall on Tuesday, cuts are widely tipped this year – and some punters are already trying to get ahead of the curve.

  • Jim Malo
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Home loan size balloons to record high, eclipsing $800,000 in NSW

The size of the average Australian home loan has jumped despite interest rate rises punishing borrowers and house prices cooling in some markets.

  • Millie Muroi
Regional property markets are outperforming capital cities.

House prices sank under high interest rates – except where they boomed

Potential home buyers can’t borrow as much money, but that didn’t push house prices down everywhere. It has sometimes proved the opposite.

  • Elizabeth Redman
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The nation is finally coming to grips with home affordability

The problems of housing affordability are so serious that everyone agrees – something must be done.

  • Ross Gittins
Perth housing market, WA, suburbs, homes, property market, house prices, interest rates. Picture: WAtoday

The figure that shows Perth’s home market is cooling from ‘white-hot to red-hot’

A year ago almost every Perth suburb was tracking upwards in value. Now industry forecasters say the city is experiencing a very rapid change.

  • Sarah Brookes

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