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Erskineville offers relative value for inner-city home buyers.

Sydney’s cheapest suburbs within 5km, 10km and 15km of the CBD

Cheap is a relative term, but home buyers can find better value with great restaurants and transport links if they know where to look.

  • Sue Williams

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Melanie and Vince Purcell are selling their home.

Where Sydney home owners are selling now

Home owners taking their properties to market in the new year are competing with those that failed to sell during the springtime.

  • Kristy Johnson
David Droga’s plans for a new house in Tamarama have received permission to go ahead.

He knocked down a $45m house – but luckily he’s allowed to rebuild

An advertising executive who planned to build a striking trophy home had faced a stumbling block, but has had a win in court.

  • Tawar Razaghi and Emily Power
One Up Building co-owner Nick Simmons says labour shortages are starting to ease.

Here’s what you need to know from the latest inflation figures

It’s good news for vegetarians and those looking to build a new home, but bad news for those who love an omelette.

  • Millie Muroi, Shane Wright and Cassandra Morgan
Sydney and Melbourne property markets slowed late last year, which prompted some economists to rethink their predictions of growth.

Where house prices will rise fastest during 2025

Despite the effect of higher-for-longer interest rates and already high property prices, a new forecast picks the top performers.

  • Jim Malo
Vendors of Sydney’s prestige homes are paying big bucks for property styling.

The Sydneysiders paying up to $75,000 to style their homes for sale

Vendors of high-end homes see the financial return in property styling and are sparing no expense in extended sales campaigns to stand out in the market.

  • Kristy Johnson
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Michael Tuohy

Moving from a Sydney unit to a house gets five times harder in a generation

With Sydney’s median house price almost double that of the typical unit in the city, the difference between the two property types has turned into a chasm.

  • Kristy Johnson
First home buyers can access the federal government’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme and the low-deposit First Home Guarantee to help purchase a property.

How a tax you rarely pay is slowing the property market

Economists say the tax raises the barrier to entry for first home buyers who are trying to get into the market and discourages empty nesters from downsizing.

  • Jim Malo
Seamus Lough hopes to buy a two-bedroom apartment.

Sydney suburbs where house prices plunged by double digits

Higher interest rates have slashed the borrowing capacity of buyers seeking large mortgages – and even wealthy suburbs haven’t been spared.

  • Kristy Johnson and Elizabeth Redman
Lismore as seen in September 2024.

The booming NSW tree-change town where you can buy a $600,000 house

It was devastated by natural disaster in 2022 but has been recovering as homes have been renovated to a higher level.

  • Sue Williams

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