Property prices
The Sydney suburbs where you should have bought a house
Dozens of suburbs that were affordable to the average buyer are no longer within reach. Here’s what slipped away, and where to look instead.
- by Tawar Razaghi and Elizabeth Redman
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Finally his day: Buyer who lost nine auctions wins $3.8m Newtown stunner
The home’s artistically designed interior with exposed brick, timber and metal detailing drew seven bidders despite its modest land size.
- by Sarah Webb
Entrepreneur splashes near $100m on Toorak house, Portsea beach house
Grant Rule sold his company, bought the second-most expensive home in Toorak and added a holiday home on the beachfront.
- by Elizabeth Redman
The Melbourne suburbs where you should have bought a house
Nearly 100 suburbs that were affordable to home buyers in 2022 are no longer within reach. Here’s what slipped away, and where to look instead.
- by Jim Malo
‘As bad as it’s ever been’: Property prices blow out and pay rises lag
Home prices have risen much faster than wages over the long term, and the gap looks set to widen.
- by Elizabeth Redman
The Perth suburbs where it’s cheaper to buy a home now than a year ago
Buyers across more than a dozen Perth suburbs from the coast to the hills can spend less on a house today.
- by Sarah Brookes
‘It has everything you need’: What it costs to live in the Sydney suburbs with the highest wellbeing
A suburb’s wellbeing was measured on several indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income – but it comes at a price.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Tawar Razaghi
‘Love it out here’: What it costs to live in Melbourne’s top suburbs for wellbeing
The wellbeing factor of suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income. But it comes at a price.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Alexandra Middleton
Downsizers outbid young couples for $4m Hawthorn East house
The home, which had a guide of $3.5 to $3.8 million, had drawn the interest of young couples as well due to nearby schools.
- by Tom Carey
Luxury home in ‘Mosman of the inner west’ sells for $6.45 million
The high-end house with its own home cinema and underground car park was a mortgagee-in-possession auction.
- by Carmen Forward
‘I hate a sparse house’: Inside comedian Rhys Nicholson’s maximalist home
Rhys and now-husband Kyran bought their first home in 2017. Not a fan of its stark white walls, the pair slowly added their personalities to the property.
- by Jessica Golding