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Sydney house prices

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Trade shortages were causing issues for home builders and developers.

The type of housing cost that just soared 75 per cent in five years

Economists warn it could take considerable time before costs fall enough to improve affordability for average home buyers.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss

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131 The Boulevarde, Strathfield NSW 2135

Local buyer splashes $10.1m on Sydney home he saw 10 minutes before

The six-bedroom designer residence comes with a bowling alley and attracted five registered bidders at auction.

  • Carmen Forward
Newtown is among the inner Sydney suburbs with a median house price of $2 million or less.

The last inner Sydney suburbs where houses cost under $2m

Popular inner suburbs are being hit by a rush of potential buyers, eager to snare a home before any more rate cuts.

  • Sue Williams
A lack of housing is helping house prices to continue to rise as buyers compete.

The locations where houses make more money than their owners

In a two-speed housing market, some home owners made higher paper capital gains over the past year compared to their salary.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
5 Harden Avenue, Northbridge NSW 2063

Two-bedroom Northbridge home fetches $6.1m in 21-bidder auction

The red-brick house sits on a 765-square-metre block and attracted bidding so fast it was difficult to keep up.

  • Carmen Forward
House prices in Sydney and Melbourne could climb 12 per cent by the end of next year, HSBC has warned.

Rate cuts and election promises to push house prices up even higher

Economists are expecting Sydney and Melbourne house prices to rise by up to 12 per cent as rate cuts and a lack of supply make housing less affordable.

  • Shane Wright
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5A Little Edward Street, Balmain East NSW 2041

Sydney dad spends $6.12m on Balmain East home his daughter can live in

The four-bedroom home has sweeping views and a pontoon, and traded for $2.95 million in 2010.

  • Carmen Forward
Tom Lane’s latest purchase in the northern beaches.

Oroton heir spends $10m on Clontarf house – to redevelop it

If the calibre of the Lanes’ previous projects is anything to go by, Tom Lane’s block is in line for a serious glow up and healthy capital gain.

  • Tawar Razaghi
The Khudas’ latest purchase in the Crown Towers.

Billionaire pays about $20m for second pad in Crown Towers Sydney

AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda’s latest purchase takes the value of the couple’s residential real estate assets to more than $90 million.

  • Tawar Razaghi
Lots at the Clydesdale Estate at Marsden Park are being re-sold despite 152 purchasers having contracts on them.

They thought they had bought land to build their dream homes. It all ended up in court

In Sydney’s booming north-west, 154 families watched on as their lots were resold.

  • Neil Breen

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