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The pool at the enormous, mid-century style Mount Isa home.

Bargain properties you could have bought this year – starting at $20,000

An entry-level mansion, a designer cabin, a fire-damaged home on land, and a family-sized house were some of the bargains of 2024.

  • by Emily Power
29 Cooran Court, Noosa Heads, is up for sale and will set buyers back $35 million.

The six dreamiest beach houses of the summer, priced up to $35m

Wake up to sweeping ocean views or take a stroll down to the sand via exclusive beach access – or at least dream about it.

  • by Alexandra Middleton

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The Residence is a penthouse in the heart of the CBD that costs $75,000 per night.

Got a spare $75,000? You can rent this Sydney holiday home ... for a night

For that price, guests of the glamorous residences can request a mattress or spa of their choice, and enjoy the pool, view, and full-time chef.

  • by Kristy Johnson
The pool at the enormous, mid-century style Mount Isa home.

Bargain properties you could have bought this year – starting at $20,000

An entry-level mansion, a designer cabin, a fire-damaged home on land, and a family-sized house were some of the bargains of 2024.

  • by Emily Power
29 Cooran Court, Noosa Heads, is up for sale and will set buyers back $35 million.

The six dreamiest beach houses of the summer, priced up to $35m

Wake up to sweeping ocean views or take a stroll down to the sand via exclusive beach access – or at least dream about it.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
Perth’s affordable outer suburbs recorded strong growth in 2024.

As Perth’s house prices hit record highs, where were our cheapest sales?

There were only five house sales in Perth that were $300,000 or less.

  • by Sarah Brookes
This Point Piper home was among the most-viewed listings of 2024.

The head-turning properties that Aussies loved the most in 2024

From a mansion on the water to the ultimate renovation project, these are the most popular homes that came up for sale this year.

  • by Emily Power and Orana Durney-Benson
The Double Bay house owned by the Ireland family since 1978 sold for $35.5 million.

From $1.6 million to $130 million, the best renovator’s dreams of 2024

Despite soaring construction costs, the appeal of the fixer-upper did not lose its shine in 2024. Here are our favourites.

  • by Kristy Johnson
Elwood house prices have slipped.

The prestigious Melbourne suburbs where house prices are falling most

House prices in some of Melbourne’s most exclusive neighbourhoods have dropped as much as 15 per cent over the past year.

  • by Abbir Dib
Juliana successfully bids at an auction in Brunswick in June.

Eddie Perfect and the dad who bought for his daughter: Melbourne’s best auctions of 2024

This year was a buyers’ market in Melbourne as house prices fell, but buyers were still willing to spend big money for the best homes.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
A daughter purchased a $1.75 million villa in Epping at auction on Saturday for her retired mother.

Dad buys $2.9m home for daughter, sellers slash prices: Sydney’s best auctions of 2024

Another dad bought his kid a share house, a Bronte semi fetched $13 million and a Collaroy house increased nine-fold – but not everyone was so lucky.

  • by Kristy Johnson
The Morawa home sold for $2000.

Local man buys $2000 house at auction, but there’s a catch

It’s set on 1012 square metres and yes, it comes with the land. But the new owner will definitely need to do a renovation.

  • by Emily Power
Even the most rundown properties attracted multiple offers in 2024 as the housing supply crisis hit hard in Perth.

They’re not fancy – but they’re cheap(ish): Perth’s biggest fixer-uppers of 2024

There has been a trend emerging of real estate agents delivering warts-and-all pitches to offload run-down properties in Perth’s red-hot real estate market.

  • by Sarah Brookes
Melbourne property investors are selling up.

‘Straw that broke the camel’s back’: Why Melbourne property investors sold up in 2024

The number of investors selling this spring reached its highest since the boom of 2021, even though the property market is now much weaker.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
First home owners have been hit with higher mortgage repayments.

How high-income earners are coping with higher interest rates

Tree-changing, downsizing, moving back in with parents – even households on solid professional incomes can no longer keep up with mortgages.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
The Macquarie Road home topped Melbourne’s luxury sales this year.

Toorak mansion sells for close to $70m in top Melbourne sale of 2024

It’s an early Christmas present for the vendors of the glamorous contemporary home after months of waiting for the right buyer.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
WA property, houses, suburbs, housing, pain and gain, property market, prices, home prices. Picture: WAtoday

Pain and gain: Perth’s biggest property winners and losers revealed

Perth home owners made record profits when selling, but there were exceptions, with sellers in one coastal suburb losing hundreds of thousands of dollars.  

  • by Sarah Brookes
The majority of home sellers traded their property for a profit in the past three months.

Where homeowners are selling property at a loss

Most homeowners who sold their properties in the September quarter would have made a profit but a few cohorts would not have been so lucky.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
Unit values in a handful of suburbs such as Parkville have been rising.

Melbourne suburbs where priced-out home buyers found the next best thing

Melbourne’s property market has been sluggish, but a handful of suburbs are in demand from buyers chasing lifestyle on a budget.

  • by Kate Halfpenny
Unit values are rising in North Bondi.

Sydney suburbs where priced-out home buyers found the next-best thing

Sydney’s property market has been starting to slow down, but a handful of suburbs is in demand from buyers chasing lifestyle on a budget.

  • by Sue Williams
Where will Perth property prices go in 2025?

What will Perth’s property market do in 2025? Five experts consult their crystal balls

As we close out 2024, there is an end-of-cycle tearaway boom under way, so what does that mean for house prices in the new year?

  • by Sarah Brookes
8 Glenview Court, Underwood: a seven-bedroom mini mansion that smashed the suburb’s house price record when it sold for $2.4 million at auction in December 2024.

Mini-mansion sale smashes suburb record as buyers break budget

While the buyers had set a hard $1.8 million limit, the agent said the home ticked so many boxes they decided to offload a commercial property to get it.

  • by Sarah Webb
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