Property
Crown’s $90m sky home, languishing on the market, gets a $10m discount
Call it opulent, elevated, expensive – but the luxury home set high in Crown Resorts’ skyscraper can’t yet be called “sold”.
- by Swati Pandey
Australian renters would be nearly $4b better off under a rent freeze
Tenants would have saved as much as $3000 over the 12 months to March, and proponents of a rent freeze say the cash would be life-changing.
- by Jim Malo
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Twelve of our favourite homes for sale in Victoria right now
Looking for your next home? From a bold renovation to a reinvented 1860s villa, we’ve got you covered.
- by Mary O'Brien
Thirteen of our favourite homes for sale in NSW right now
Looking for your next home? From waterfront luxury to a corner terrace with heritage charm, we’ve got you covered.
- by Pauline Morrissey
Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes buys three houses next door for $12.25m
As investment strategies go, you could do a lot worse than to buy next door to the tech entrepreneur.
- by Lucy Macken
Sydney suburbs with the most distressed property sales
One in eight home sellers in the hardest-hit pocket of Sydney are motivated to get a deal done urgently as interest rates stay high.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Alexandra Middleton
Melbourne suburbs with the most distressed property sales
Financial strain has caused some Melbourne homeowners to reach a tipping point and list their home for urgent sale.
- by Alexandra Middleton
Crown’s $90m sky home, languishing on the market, gets a $10m discount
Call it opulent, elevated, expensive – but the luxury home set high in Crown Resorts’ skyscraper can’t yet be called “sold”.
- by Swati Pandey
Regional Victorian towns that boomed most in the last five years
Some have recorded 60 per cent growth since 2019 as more workers arrive to take jobs in flourishing industries or hospitals.
- by Alexandra Middleton
Eight of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a private sandy beach to equestrian facilities for horse lovers and a 15-metre pool, we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.
- by Kate Farrelly
Australian renters would be nearly $4b better off under a rent freeze
Tenants would have saved as much as $3000 over the 12 months to March, and proponents of a rent freeze say the cash would be life-changing.
- by Jim Malo
‘Strong sense of community’: The suburbs people never want to leave
Local pride and loyalty are the main reasons people are reluctant to leave some Greater Brisbane suburbs, and why it is harder for others to find real estate.
- by Sarah Webb
Gifts from $50k to $1m the norm: How home deposits soared to record levels
Average workers are priced out, but many property buyers who are left in the market now have extraordinary wealth – often from family.
- by Jim Malo
Landlords hike rents nearly 50 per cent since the lows of lockdown
Rental prices for units have skyrocketed since COVID-19 lockdown, and house rents have jumped too. Is any relief in sight?
- by Jemimah Clegg
Mosman unit that last sold for $86,000 in 1985 fetches $1.1 million at auction
Twenty-six buyers registered to bid on the two-bedroom unit, which is in an unliveable condition
- by Carmen Forward
Grandparents buy $1.95m townhouse to be near family and help with babysitting
The couple, who competed against a young family, bought the property in post-auction negotiations by offering an extra $50,000.
- by Carmen Forward
VC buys $14.5m house in cash as Canva makes investors rich overnight
It seems not even Sydney’s leading venture capitalists like Blackbird’s Rick Baker are immune to the lure of Sydney’s high-end housing market.
- by Lucy Macken
Moving from a Sydney unit to a house gets three times harder in a generation
The conventional wisdom is to start with a modest apartment and buy a house later, but financing the move has never been so challenging.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Investor pays $1.7m for Bellevue Hill unit to charge $1000 rent a week
An investor keen to capitalise on Sydney’s soaring rents beat nine other parties for the tidy apartment close to cafes.
- by Sarah Webb
Family makes last-ditch $500 bid to triumph for $1.5m Cheltenham house
The auction winners had to be coaxed to dig deep in their pockets for the charming home, and it was enough to get them across the line.
- by Jim Malo
Ten of our favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now
From a residence with heritage features to a chic apartment with bay views, these are our pick of the bunch.
- by Mary O'Brien
Seven of our favourite homes for sale in Sydney right now
From a renovated sandstone home to a transformed idyllic cottage, these are the picks of the bunch.
- by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney