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Steve and Fin Wilkinson with daughter Eleanor in Orange, are part of a fast-growing cohort of parents helping their children get onto the property ladder.

Meet the parents giving their kids enough money to buy a home

Ordinary mums and dads are giving gifts ranging from $30,000 to $300,000 and more, recognising that it’s so much harder for young people to buy a home these days.

  • Tawar Razaghi

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The South Yarra home is for sale for $40m to $43m.

Former jewellery store assistant turned arts patron seeks $40m for South Yarra home

The founding family of Regis Healthcare has also listed a stately four-bedroom Toorak home for about $30 million, while celebrity landscaper Jack Merlo is selling his Toorak home for $17 million.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Mortgage repayments are unaffordable for first home buyers in every city but Darwin.

First home buyers face mortgage stress in every capital city, except one

Even after saving for years, first home buyers face moving goalposts and unappealing compromises to get their foot on the ladder.

  • Jim Malo
31 Wilson Street, Princes Hill

Family splashes $6.55 million on stunning Princes Hill renovation

The grand Victorian home features a clever extension with swimming pool, outdoor living space and self-contained accommodation.

  • Shona Hendley
This Greensborough home sold for $1.3 million last year, a price in the top quartile for Melbourne.

Surprising amount it costs to buy a top-end home in Melbourne now

Melbourne’s house price record is north of $100 million, but most upper-end homes are selling for a much more achievable sum.

  • Shona Hendley
A large crowd turned out to watch the auction of 4 Vesper Street, Richmond, which sold under the hammer for $2,002,000 on Saturday.

The ‘electric’ auction for a Richmond home that earned its vendors $2m

On the first weekend of auctions following interest rate cuts, a young family paid half a million dollars above reserve to purchase a four-bed Richmond home.

  • Alexandra Middleton
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57 St David Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065

Our eight favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

Looking for your next home? From a renovated Fitzroy unicorn home to a rooftop that promises party nights, we’ve got you covered.

  • Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney
Melbourne’s property downturn could soon be over after the interest rate cut this week increased home buyer borrowing capacity and boosted sentiment.

How Melbourne house prices compare with the steepest property downturn in a generation

Melbourne home values have been falling for the best part of a year, but will the interest rate cut change the outlook for the market?

  • Alexandra Middleton
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Melbourne family who own two luxury pads in same block list one for $15m

Melbourne’s wealthy Jreissati family, of Bensons Property Group, is offering up a whole floor in Eureka Tower and it’s a blank canvas.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Home buyers will be able to borrow more money.

What the interest rate cut will mean for the property market

Some areas are more likely to rise in price than others now that home buyers can borrow more money and sentiment is tipped to lift.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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