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The best returns over the past five years were not from the typical home in Sydney or Melbourne.

A new book aims to fix housing affordability, but there’s better solution for Victoria

Abundance has captured the attention of economists and politicians alike, but could a simple solution be sitting right under their noses?

  • Jim Malo

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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
Daniel Kinder and Ron Teodoro have bought a home in Collingwood.

‘Affordability is poor’: Melbourne house prices rise above $1.06m

Falling interest rates are pushing up property prices, and buyers are starting to worry they might get priced out of their preferred areas.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly giving evidence at the hearing on Tuesday.

Public housing tower demolition plan is ‘ethnic cleansing’, says mayor

Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly has slammed the state’s plan to demolish Melbourne’s public housing towers as a land grab and threatened street resistance in explosive inquiry testimony.

  • Rachael Dexter
Justin Flowers, a 52-year-old Maribyrnong local who runs his own graphic design business, cannot get a bank loan to buy an appropriate house for his family due to his age, but his savings prevent him from accessing other government assistance.

Justin has $300,000 in the bank but can’t get a home loan

He’s among many Australians getting closer to retirement who are trying to solve the puzzle of owning a home that suits their life.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Kunal and Binita Kapoor purchased a house in Catherine Field, a suburb that’s seen significant house value growth in 20 years, Cotality data shows. Pictured with sons Noah and Liam.

Sydney suburbs where house values rose most over 20 years

Home buyers are moving in and longer-term owners are taking the opportunity to sell after property prices multiplied fourfold or more.

  • Kristy Johnson
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Tim and Loren Horster-Haarburger with daughter Ivy at the Cobblebank home they sold in two weeks.

Melbourne suburbs where house values rose most over 20 years

Home buyers are arriving in droves, sellers are pocketing the growth and investors from near and far have started to catch on.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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.

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
Sydneysider Peter Moor downsized from his former house to a penthouse because he wanted a break from mowing lawns – but now regrets his decision.

‘I had no idea about some of the issues’: The Aussies finding the downsides to downsizing

Downsizing is touted as the easy route to a lock-up-and-go, low-maintenance, maximum money-in-the-bank lifestyle. But you won’t see its many downsides mentioned in the glossy brochures for new apartment complexes.

  • Sue Williams
Property investors are buying in Warrnambool, and demand is spilling to nearby towns.

The new type of regional town that’s booming

Property prices have jumped by double digits to record highs in a string of regional areas, but not Byron Bay or Torquay.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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