Sydney house prices
‘Basically impossible’: Housing affordability is the worst on record
High interest rates and rising prices have pushed key measures of housing affordability to their worst levels on record, and experts say rate cuts won’t help.
- by Jim Malo
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No mortgage, no worries: Sydney suburbs where home buyers pay cash
The typical home bought in cash costs as much as $2.7 million in some sought-after pockets where buyers don’t need help from the bank.
- by Jim Malo and Elizabeth Redman
Flipper makes million-dollar paper gain on $3.73m house
An owner builder who spent $2,445,000 last year on an inner-city home and gave it an extensive renovation attracted four bidders at auction.
- by Carmen Forward
Opinion
City life
As I leave beautiful but maddening Sydney, I’ve realised all its problems boil down to one thing
Sydney would be unstoppable if it could fix the cost of housing, the tyranny of distance and its obsession with rules and restrictions. We are let down by leaders who say the right things but act timidly.
- by Michael Koziol
The Sydney suburbs where home buyers pay top dollar for tiny blocks
Architects have come up with clever ways to live in terraces and small homes close to parks and playgrounds, and buyers are on board.
- by Kristy Johnson
Eastwood villa sells for $1.66 million, almost tripling since 2007
Four downsizers from the suburb and surrounds registered to bid on the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home that last sold for $570,000 less than two decades ago.
- by Kristy Johnson
Our favourite homes for sale in Sydney right now
Looking for your next home within Sydney? We’ve got you covered.
- by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
How an artist turned an ‘ugly’ $4.4m home into a $14.5m waterfront gem
It became her permanent abode after travelling the world and living in 37 other homes. But it has gone through several changes.
- by Carmen Forward
Four families bid for $2.2m Sydney home with playground off the backyard
In a battle of the parents, a family upsizing from a unit won the keys to a cottage with a back gate that opened directly to a large playground.
- by Carmen Forward
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He complained about restaurant noise in Palm Beach. Then he sold for $9.5m
One local who made a noise complaint about The Joey’s bid for extended opening hours has now made a whisper quiet $9.5m property sale.
- by Lucy Macken
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The $2.5m Hunters Hill boat shed that might be worth a lot less
How much is open public space worth? Council paid $2.515 million for one waterfront block in 2002, but are now willing to let it go.
- by Lucy Macken
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