Sarah Webb
Sarah Webb is a freelance journalist.
First home buyer nabs Coburg cottage for $1.065 million
The agent took a punt of a different kind on Derby Day by taking the home to an online auction, reminiscent of Melbourne lockdown days, and it paid off.
- by Sarah Webb
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How much do you need to borrow to buy in Brisbane?
With the dream of owning a home slipping further from many buyers’ grasp, our interactive calculator shows how much you would need to borrow to get a foot on the property ladder in your suburb.
- by Sarah Webb
Million-dollar line in sight as Brisbane house prices hit record
The Queensland capital’s median has jumped to $995,000 and its unit market has soared. But is the next move up or down?
- by Sarah Webb
Not even a lick of paint: Investors made $1.3 million on this untouched, postwar home
The vendors were shell-shocked when they made a motza on a postwar house in Camp Hill at the weekend. It was one of 200 scheduled auctions in Brisbane in the past week.
- by Sarah Webb
Peak Melbourne: Free coffee lands auction vendors $1.49m payout
Sometimes a free latte is all it takes to brew up a bidding war, where four bidders battled for a renovated inner-west character home.
- by Sarah Webb
Once-in-a-generation Hawthorne home sells to renovators for $2.8 million
A local family muscled out developers to buy the rare mid-century home that had remained in the same family for 83 years. Meanwhile, in Camp Hill, a young family popped a bottle of bubbly to celebrate with their new neighbours after a long search.
- by Sarah Webb
Young man outbids seven others for $2.2m Thornbury retreat – $381,000 over reserve
The clinker-brick, three-bedder features a vine-clad pergola and an open fireplace, and benefited from some well-timed updates.
- by Sarah Webb
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The Melbourne couple who finally hit at auction – and the Sydney vendor who wanted out
An investor’s pain became a first-home buyer couple’s gain in Mill Park on Saturday, as a Sydney-based vendor felt compelled to offload a long-held property.
- by Sarah Webb
Sydney family pays $2.4m to buy in tightly held street with $20m neighbour
A family outbid a developer for a home built almost 60 years ago on a street where only a handful of properties traded this decade.
- by Sarah Webb
Melbourne dad pays $680,000 to buy house for school-aged daughter
In a bold bid to secure his daughter’s future, worried she wouldn’t be able to afford a property later on, the dad outbid two other buyers.
- by Sarah Webb
Brisbane rents post surprise fall as tenants finally hit their limit
Sky-high rents put tenants under financial pressure and cut their ability to pay landlords’ asking prices for homes, ending a years-long run of growth.
- by Sarah Webb
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