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Roger Grinstead and his partner Twinkle Dave.

The eight Melbourne suburbs bucking the property price trend

Apartment prices are down across Melbourne over the past year, but a select few suburbs have shot the lights out.

  • Jim Malo

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Home values look set to rise.

What property prices will do as interest rates fall

NAB this week forecast the official cash rate to fall as low as 2.6 per cent within the next 12 months, the most bullish of the big four.

  • Alice Uribe and Elizabeth Redman
National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Irvine has warned that global economic uncertainty sparked by the Trump administration’s policies is likely to continue for some time,

‘Single biggest issue’: Bank boss says Labor needs to deliver on housing

“Economics 101” suggests that if demand for homes increases and supply doesn’t, it will simply result in higher home prices, NAB boss Andrew Irvine says.

  • Clancy Yeates
Apartment prices have risen more slowly than house prices.

The type of home that rose most in price over the past decade

The supply and demand equation has put pressure on the price trajectory of some homes more than others.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Interest only loans are preferred by investors, experts say.

How home owners could save $143 a month – and the reasons not to

More home owners are worried about paying off a home loan into retirement, but experts suggest people think long and hard about the options.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Jack Yeo bought an apartment, but doesn’t think he could afford a house.

Which jobs pay enough to save for a Melbourne house deposit

After a decade of saving, even many higher-paid professionals would be short of their goals as property prices rose out of reach.

  • Elizabeth Redman and Alice Uribe
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Biggera Waters on the northern Gold Coast.

Tree-change towns where houses cost almost the same as five years ago

House prices have more than doubled in the past five years in some parts of regional Australia, but other neighbourhoods have risen much less.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Stamp duty costs home buyers thousands.

The hidden housing cost that just got even more expensive

Home buyers would face an extra cost of tens of thousands on the typical house in the capital cities, calculations show.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Ben Ryan looked at buying a home, but the prices were too high.

Where to find a house in Melbourne on a budget of $950,000

Several neighbourhoods at this price point are further from the city, but it’s possible to find something closer if you know where to look.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Fiona Nicholson and Hugo Lohrer have been looking for a home for about six months.

Where to find a house in Sydney on a budget of $1.5 million

Prices have soared again, but it is possible to buy a home at this price point if you can find the right places to look.

  • Kristy Johnson

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