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How - and why - it just got even harder to buy a home in Australia
Would-be home buyers have been hit by a lose-lose situation since interest rates began to rise and future cuts may not act as previously expected.
- by Jim Malo and Tawar Razaghi
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Family spend $7.1m to upgrade from a unit to Chatswood family home
The family paid $1.1 million more than the price guide, but only $200,000 more than the vendor’s reserve for the five-bedroom house.
- by Carmen Forward
First home buyer beats downsizer to pay $1.28m for Richmond terrace
The two bidders were locked in a tight race on Derby Day, but the first home buyer won and landed the two-bedroom Victorian home close to Bridge Road.
- by Shona Hendley
West End fixer-upper needing new roof sells for $2.36 million in nail-biting auction
Five potential buyers battled it out for the fixer-upper in West End, but on the Gold Coast the $4.3 million Burleigh Heads retreat of Bec and Lleyton Hewitt failed to attract a single bid.
- by Sarah Webb
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Property boss sells $15m two-bed beach house, buys $32m digs down the road
There are only seven houses that line the waterfront on Palm Beach’s Waratah Road, so when one is for sale it’s with good reason.
- by Lucy Macken
Sydney suburbs where house prices rose – and fell – most
Home-buying hopefuls are feeling the pressure of sustained high interest rates and high Sydney house prices, and it’s affecting where they look.
- by Kristy Johnson and Elizabeth Redman
The Melbourne suburbs where house prices have fallen most
Popular inner-city suburbs topped the list, and agents say it’s because owners of the best homes are holding out for a better time to move.
- by Jim Malo
First home buyer nabs Coburg cottage for $1.065 million
The agent took a punt of a different kind on Derby Day by taking the home to an online auction, reminiscent of Melbourne lockdown days, and it paid off.
- by Sarah Webb
Dad buys $2.9m Marrickville house for daughter minutes after first viewing
The Bellevue Hill father inspected the four-bedroom house for the first time just half an hour before the auction on Saturday morning. The guide was $2.2 million.
- by Kristy Johnson
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Meet Sydney’s teenage trophy home shoppers spending millions – in cash
Interest rates are tipped to stay high next week, but that won’t worry high-end buyers paying as much as $19 million for their dream homes.
- by Lucy Macken
Sydney house prices drop for first time in almost two years
Sydney and Melbourne house values are both falling as a run-up in advertised stock and high interest rates put a brake on ever-increasing prices.
- by Shane Wright