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Home prices usually rise as interest rates fall.

How far property prices rose last time interest rates fell

Lower rates pushed up home prices in five out of the last seven easing cycles, but the gains vary widely, and this time could be different.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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Contestants from the upcoming season of The Block in Daylesford.

The Block faces falling house prices – and loses a billionaire buyer

House prices have fallen in the setting for this year’s show, and contestants won’t have a familiar pair of deep pockets to bail them out.

  • Louise Talbot
14 Lindsay Street, Burwood NSW 2134

Family beats 10 others to $3.3m designer semi after six-month search

Eleven parties registered to bid on the luxurious five-bedroom home complete with a striking, low-maintenance garden.

  • Carmen Forward
The oversized block is set on the beachfront.

Brighton locals buy $40m house next door, smashing suburb record

A beachfront home has sold in a deal nearly three years in the making, and the buyer wasn’t far away after all.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Who’s the main breadwinner in your house? Could it be the house itself?

The Perth suburbs where house values rose most over 20 years

The cost of living is pushing people further away from the CBD – but there is a limit to how far people will move.

  • Holly Thompson
Four buyers contested the auction for 17 Shearwater Crescent, Maribyrnong.

Renter beats three others to pay $1.65m for large Maribyrnong family home

Dozens of bids were traded over the four-bedroom, parkside house, and a recently evicted renter from the neighbourhood won the keys on Saturday.

  • Jim Malo
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6/16 Church Street, Hunters Hill NSW 2110

First home buyer pays $1.02 million for unit in ritzy Sydney suburb

A first home buyer living in the family home in Hunters Hill, paid $1.02 million at auction on Saturday for a unit in the suburb.

  • Kristy Johnson
Monique Jeremiah is hoping to buy a home in one of her dream Melbourne suburbs.

The Melbourne suburbs where house prices are rising fastest

Monique wants to buy a house in Melbourne’s inner suburbs, but she may have to be quick as the city’s property prices are on the march.

  • Jim Malo
Apollo Bay is in Colac Otway Shire, which has experienced the highest growth in property prices compared with other regions.

The Victorian tree-change areas where prices rose the most over the past year

House prices have risen across much of regional Victoria, but the double-digit growth hasn’t been in the towns you might expect.

  • Abbir Dib
Brisbane’s median house and unit prices are at a record high.

Brisbane house prices hit a record high - and one suburb nears a $3m median

Brisbane’s median house price has surged by $22,000 in just three months, reaching a new record high as interest rates fall. 

  • Sarah Webb

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