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Housing construction cost growth has eased from its peak.

Is it a better time to build or renovate a home yet?

Even as the cost of materials stabilises, homeowners are weighing up whether to go ahead with plans for their dream home.

  • by Jim Malo and Tawar Razaghi
A Bellevue Hill home fetched $22.7m.
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Insta-glam: Millennial rag trader buys $22.7m Bellevue Hill home

Shadi Kord and her university mate Natalie Khoei both chipped in $200 each to create their own online fashion brand. It now has an annual turnover of $69 million.

  • by Lucy Macken

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The Double Bay house owned by the Ireland family since 1978 sold for $35.5 million.

Property magnate pays $35m cash for Double Bay house to knock it down

As the mystery buyer of Double Bay’s pink house is revealed, in the Southern Highlands a high-profile buyer has bought at a steep discount.

  • by Lucy Macken
The happy buyers Manu and Kristen with vendor Pamela Sayers and agent and auctioner, Brian Fairweather at the Collaroy auction.

Collaroy house sells for $2.33 million, last sold for $260,000 in the 1990s

A young couple, who had considered the Northern Beaches for the first time, outbid five other registered buyers on the home, a stone’s throw away from the beach.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
Jellis Craig Auctioneer Andrew Macmillan sold 257 Coppin St Richmond for $2.269 million with fierce bidding from various groups.

Richmond terrace fetches $2.27 million, last sold for $116,500 in 1986

The single-fronted terrace built in the late 1800s had a price guide of $1,885,000 and drew five eager parties in a rapid fire auction.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
42 Nevis Street, Camberwell

Our 10 favourite homes for sale in Victoria right now

Looking for your next home? From a timeless lakeside treasure to a family home that blends old and new, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Jacqui Hammerton and Mary O'Brien
903A Jacks Corner Road, Kangaroo Valley NSW 2577

Our favourite 14 homes for sale in NSW right now

Looking for your next home? From a luxury country house to a captivating waterfront retreat, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
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The most popular inner Sydney suburbs for home buyers on a budget

Property values are rising fastest for homes that may still be within reach for savvy buyers who don’t want to sacrifice lifestyle.

  • by Carmen Forward
Unit values have outpaced houses in a number of Melbourne suburbs.

The most popular inner Melbourne suburbs for home buyers on a budget

Unit values are rising faster than those of houses in some inner-city and bayside suburbs, as buyers chase lifestyle without the price tag.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
A Bellevue Hill home fetched $22.7m.

Insta-glam: Millennial rag trader buys $22.7m Bellevue Hill home

Shadi Kord and her university mate Natalie Khoei both chipped in $200 each to create their own online fashion brand. It now has an annual turnover of $69 million.

  • by Lucy Macken
Home listings are ticking up in some neighbourhoods.

‘Warning sign’: Where home owners are selling their properties now

More home owners are getting ready to sell their properties in areas where it may not be the best time to make a move.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
Villas like this one in Tuart Hill are increasing steeply in value as the housing crisis deepens.

Hot property: Desperate buyers resort to DIY marketing to snag a home in Perth

While it’s common for agents to letterbox potential sellers, buyers are now taking matters into their own hands and writing their own letters to sound out owners.

  • by Sarah Brookes
1464 Gold Coast Highway, Palm Beach QLD 4221

Our seven favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From a Mediterranean-inspired beach house to a country retreat complete with stables and a home set within a golf club, these are our top picks.

  • by Kate Farrelly
Water views from the tennis court at 2 Caraar Creek Lane, Mornington.

It’s a tennis court with no house, what could it cost? $8.2 million

A waterfront block on the Mornington Peninsula with plenty of scope for improvement could be yours – if you have deep pockets.

  • by Emily Power
Rod Boynton lives in a Paddington boarding house. He couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.

It’s the only place Rod could afford to live in Sydney. He may have to leave

The Paddington boarding house resident couldn’t imagine living anywhere else – until his home fell under the threat of redevelopment into luxury houses.

  • by Sue Williams
An aerial shot of the Aveley housing estate.

The record number of new Perth suburbs joining the million-dollar club

There are now 87 suburbs in the exclusive million-dollar club, and 30 of them were added in the last financial year. Here’s why.

  • by Sarah Brookes
There are pockets around Perth where little known suburbs are tightly held.

From Hovea to Menora: The little-known suburbs on homebuyers’ radar

They are suburbs that have been overshadowed by their better-known neighbours in Perth, but there are bargains to be found in these hidden pockets.

  • by Sarah Brookes
Housing construction cost growth has eased from its peak.

Is it a better time to build or renovate a home yet?

Even as the cost of materials stabilises, homeowners are weighing up whether to go ahead with plans for their dream home.

  • by Jim Malo and Tawar Razaghi
Jason and Jenny Dunn are recent converts to holiday-home exchange platform ThirdHome.

Want to stay in a luxury holiday home rent-free? There’s just one catch

For those tiring of their holiday bolthole or feeling it’s underused, imagine being able to do a swap for a glamorous getaway somewhere else.

  • by Mary O'Brien
Fears a large number of home owners could be forced to sell have mostly passed.

The surprising figure that shows why the mortgage cliff didn’t happen

Experts feared late last year that many home owners would not be able to cope with their mortgage rates tripling after their fixed rates expired. But new data shows how they held on.

  • by Jim Malo
Not enough homes are being built to house WA’s increasing population.

Perth property famine sends real estate investors off to Melbourne

Local investors are running out of properties to buy, with pundits casting their gaze to a city with more stock but a median price barely higher than Perth’s.

  • by Sarah Brookes
Sydney property is broadly unaffordable to workers, a new study found.

Two experts measured how bad Sydney’s property market is. They got a shock

The researchers set out to discover the Sydney suburbs where workers could buy a home and they said their results were unexpected.

  • by Sue Williams
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