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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

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A render of the Serai apartment complex with an inset image of Vanessa’s home in Alice Springs.

‘I’d rather watch the gardener mow the lawn’: Empty-nesters snap up Perth’s luxe apartments

Perth’s cashed up older community is splashing cash on the ultimate downsize, freeing themselves from the shackles of property maintenance.

  • Sarah Brookes
Some Randwick home buyers are paying cash.

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.

  • Jim Malo and Elizabeth Redman
James and Hilary Baldwin are selling their home in Collaroy Plateau.

‘Downward pressure’: Sydney suburbs where home owners are selling now

Sydney home owners are deciding to sell their properties at greater rates this spring than normal, and some areas have made double-digit jumps.

  • Kristy Johnson
The seven-storey apartment block in Lindfield was the first application lodged under the state government’s reforms.

Lindfield proposal leads the race under state’s new housing reforms

“We had a joke in the office that wouldn’t it be amazing if the first [one] was in Ku-ring-gai LGA, and it was,” Planning Department deputy secretary Monica Gibson told a developers’ conference last week.

  • Michael Koziol and Anthony Segaert
Old furniture could go to a local non-profit or shelter, for instance, and towels and blankets are always in demand at animal rescue shelters.

How to (gently) talk to ageing parents about downsizing and decluttering

The biggest mistake that adult children can make is thinking that the subject of their ageing parents downsizing and decluttering is a one-sided conversation.

  • Kristin Luna
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The one-bedroom, 45 square metre Marco Polo design by BAAHOUSE.

Life in a tight spot not for all, but Brisbane homes might be heading that way

No longer backyard shoeboxes, granny flats could be mutually beneficial for struggling renters and homeowners.

  • Courtney Kruk
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No more empty nests: Downsizing a major key to unlock WA housing

Here’s how many spare bedrooms there are in WA – and what’s stopping their owners from moving into something that fits their needs better.

  • Peter Milne
If more empty nesters downsized, it could help alleviate the housing crisis.

How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes

The government wants 1.2 million homes built over the next five years. But what about the 3.5 million spare bedrooms across the country?

  • Sue Williams

Cheap rent, strudel, supply: How to solve a housing crisis

Hard-won deposits, soaring rents and crippling mortgages are the new normal in Australia. What’s the fix?

  • Angus Holland and Josh Gordon

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