Property upsizing
How home buyers are getting $55,000 extra cash, but less value for money
The typical household can borrow $55,000 more than when mortgage rates were at their peak, but the median dwelling value has risen $60,000.
- Elizabeth Redman
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Million-dollar gifts, rentvesting or leaving the city: How home buyers do it
Housing affordability is at record lows and experts say more home buyers are taking significant decisions beyond just saving a deposit.
- Elizabeth Redman
What most home owners get wrong about renovating
Many home owners planning a renovation project contact a builder to discuss their ideas, but they’re missing a step.
- Elizabeth Redman
How Jonathon turned an old garage into a dream man cave – and a home
Once a rickety weatherboard structure, the garage is now a place to get together with friends, with a granny flat on top.
- Sue Williams
Christine owned a home. Then she separated and can’t buy back in. She’s not alone
The 56-year-old can’t rent-vest, her ex couldn’t buy her out and buying a family home is no longer an option.
- Caroline Zielinski
The luxury suburbs where the most expensive homes are going through the roof
The gap between top-end house prices and more affordable abodes has narrowed, but mansions in some areas are priced far above the rest.
- Elizabeth Redman
The lowest and highest birth rates in Melbourne by suburb
Housing stress could be leading Melburnians to have fewer babies in their lifetime in all but a few of the city’s most affordable suburbs, new analysis suggests.
- Adam Carey
- Opinion
- Housing crisis
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
Tia bought an abandoned house for $1.50. It’s now her dream home
It took the 29-year-old and her family less than a year to go from derelict to move-in ready – and it’s not in Italy.
- Kate Kachor
The luxury suburbs where house prices are getting cheaper – or booming
Even upper-end home buyers are not immune from the pressure of high interest rates, and it’s showing in house prices in expensive areas.
- Caroline Zielinski and Elizabeth Redman
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