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Who’s the main breadwinner in your house? Could it be the house itself?

The Perth suburbs where house values rose most over 20 years

The cost of living is pushing people further away from the CBD – but there is a limit to how far people will move.

  • Holly Thompson

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Megan Sayers has just bought an apartment in Wolli Creek.

The Sydney suburbs where home prices soared most last year

The cost to purchase a home in Sydney has jumped to new peaks, with houses in one suburb rising by almost 40 per cent.

  • Alice Uribe
Apollo Bay is in Colac Otway Shire, which has experienced the highest growth in property prices compared with other regions.

The Victorian tree-change areas where prices rose the most over the past year

House prices have risen across much of regional Victoria, but the double-digit growth hasn’t been in the towns you might expect.

  • Abbir Dib
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 a 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
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
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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
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

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