‘Basically impossible’: Housing affordability is the worst on record
High interest rates and rising prices have pushed key measures of housing affordability to their worst levels on record, and experts say rate cuts won’t help.
- by Jim Malo
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No mortgage, no worries: Sydney suburbs where home buyers pay cash
The typical home bought in cash costs as much as $2.7 million in some sought-after pockets where buyers don’t need help from the bank.
- by Jim Malo and Elizabeth Redman
The Melbourne suburbs where billions in property sells mortgage-free
In the inner city, it can be difficult to get a mortgage for some properties. But in others, buyers don’t even bother talking to a bank.
- by Jim Malo
Home buyers who weren’t even looking splash $5.7m on Prahran terrace
The house attracted three bidders at auction who had not been in the market but were interested in buying this particular property.
- by Carmen Forward and Jim Malo
Melbourne suburbs where house prices are falling fastest right now
Several Melbourne bayside suburbs, including one of the most prestigious, have recorded steep drops in the last three months.
- by Jim Malo
Why property investors are selling now – and why they’re buying even more
There are two narratives about investor activity: One that investors are selling up – the other that more investors are entering the market.
- by Jim Malo
How landlords sharply hiking rents created more ‘forever renters’
Rapid increases over recent years have hampered tenants’ ability to save money and buy a home, but is there any relief in sight?
- by Jim Malo
‘No escaping any more’: Melbourne suburbs where home owners are selling now
Melbourne home owners have decided to sell their properties at greater rates this spring than usual, and some areas have made double-digit jumps.
- by Jim Malo
How - and why - it just got even harder to buy a home in Australia
Would-be home buyers have been hit by a lose-lose situation since interest rates began to rise and future cuts may not act as previously expected.
- by Jim Malo and Tawar Razaghi
The Melbourne suburbs where house prices have fallen most
Popular inner-city suburbs topped the list, and agents say it’s because owners of the best homes are holding out for a better time to move.
- by Jim Malo
The type of Melbourne property you should have bought a decade ago
Conventional wisdom says property prices double every 10 years. But new research has called that wisdom into question.
- by Jim Malo and Elizabeth Redman
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