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
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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
‘$200,000 is the new $80,000’: Where even top earners can’t afford a house
Even high-income earners would be locked out of buying a house in many suburbs due to the double whammy of high property prices and high interest rates.
- by Elizabeth Redman
The Melbourne suburbs where house prices fell and rose most this year
House values have fallen by as much as 10 per cent in a string of sought-after suburbs in the city’s south and east.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Sydney suburbs where house prices fell - and rose - most this year
A string of sought-after Sydney suburbs are between six and 10 per cent cheaper than a year ago.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Why it’s the least worst time to buy a home in three years
A closely watched measure of whether it’s a good time to buy a home held at rock bottom levels for a couple of years, but that’s changing.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Revealed: Perth’s cheapest and most expensive streets to buy a home
From pricey locales close to water and city centres to bargain pockets that fall well below Perth’s median house price there’s a huge disparity between Perth’s richest and cheapest streets.
- by Sarah Brookes and Elizabeth Redman
How Rose bought a home without the bank of mum and dad
The public servant lived in share houses for almost two decades until she found a way to bring the great Australian dream within reach.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Australia’s most expensive streets: Where the median house price reaches $45m
Location, location, location, the adage goes – and some buyers are willing to pay an enormous price to live in the most sought-after strips of land.
- by Elizabeth Redman
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
Billionaire splashes $15 million to buy all five houses on The Block
The deep-pocketed property buyer made a knockout bid of $3.5 million to crown the youngest-ever winners of the reality renovation TV show.
- by Elizabeth Redman
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