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77/1 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Investor splashes $6.75m for Sydney harbour pad in tightly held block

The two-bedroom unit drew two active bidders at auction to the iconic Sydney building that can never be built out.

  • Carmen Forward

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The Ascot Vale apartment sold for less than its reserve price.

Melbourne couple sell home at auction for $40,000 less than hoped

A three-bedroom Ascot Vale apartment sold for $960,000 at auction on Saturday, dashing the owners’ hope of achieving a $1 million price tag.

  • Shona Hendley
The brick unit is one of eight, a short walk from Coorparoo’s cafe strip.

Sydney buyer nabs brick unit in Coorparoo for $800k in ‘aggressive’ auction

“We really targeted first-home buyers with this one. I posted a little rhyme on Instagram that said ‘Are you thirsty for a firsty?’ and it just took off,” said the real estate agent behind the sale.

  • Sarah Webb
A Labor aligned think-tank says making capital gains tax concessions more lucrative would help lift apartment construction.

The tax change that could allow thousands of new homes, ease rental pressure

Labor went to the 2019 election promising to halve the capital gains tax concession. Now a Labor-aligned think tank says it should increase the concession.

  • Shane Wright
Kunal and Binita Kapoor purchased a house in Catherine Field, a suburb that’s seen significant house value growth in 20 years, Cotality data shows. Pictured with sons Noah and Liam.

Sydney suburbs where house values rose most over 20 years

Home buyers are moving in and longer-term owners are taking the opportunity to sell after property prices multiplied fourfold or more.

  • Kristy Johnson
Tim and Loren Horster-Haarburger with daughter Ivy at the Cobblebank home they sold in two weeks.

Melbourne suburbs where house values rose most over 20 years

Home buyers are arriving in droves, sellers are pocketing the growth and investors from near and far have started to catch on.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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Cramming into an unfamiliar house with a collection of strangers on a Saturday morning is a great way to become the worst version of yourself.

Want to ruin your weekend and make a bunch of enemies? Attend an open home

Cramming into an unfamiliar house with a collection of strangers on a Saturday morning is a great way to become the worst version of yourself.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Dimitra Mouyis has lived in the Brimbank area her entire life, and dreams of buying in her home suburb of Keilor Downs.

‘You’d be silly to sell’: The Melbourne suburbs no one wants to leave

Most Melbourne home owners sell up within 10 years, but there are some suburbs where residents stay for decades.

  • Jim Malo
The Ross’ have made a paper profit of $1.2 million on their Randwick house.

TV boss flips $13.2m Randwick house, makes $1.2m in a year

The family received an offer they couldn’t refuse for the immaculate 1906-built residence with four car spaces.

  • Tawar Razaghi
C.Sreet Projects has developed Australia’s first build-to-sell townhouses with Passivhaus certification.

The house that slashed its energy bills by 70 per cent

It’s warm in winter, whisper quiet, and has much lower energy bills – and there are more of its kind on the way.

  • Caroline Zielinski

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