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Home values declined in a third of suburbs. Here’s where they fell most

Home values declined in a third of suburbs. Here’s where they fell most

Thanks to higher interest rates and more homes on the market, buyers have increased choice this spring – and it’s showing.

  • by Tawar Razaghi

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The morbid reason house prices will soar in the western suburbs

The morbid reason house prices will soar in the western suburbs

Prices are predicted to go through the roof in some of Perth’s most tightly held neighbourhoods.

  • by Sarah Brookes
Anthony Albanese lists $1.9m Sydney investment property

Anthony Albanese lists $1.9m Sydney investment property

When the tenant was issued with an eviction notice, he hoped to use it as a chance to spark debate about tenants’ rights. What followed was a media maelstrom.

  • by Lucy Macken
Landlords could once hike rents by 20 per cent a year. That’s changing

Landlords could once hike rents by 20 per cent a year. That’s changing

Rents are much higher than pre-COVID, but there are signs renters are reaching a limit of how much they can afford to pay.

  • by Jim Malo
‘Residential dustbowls’: The Perth postcodes on an investor blacklist

‘Residential dustbowls’: The Perth postcodes on an investor blacklist

Suburbs on Perth’s ever-expanding outer fringe feature heavily on a national list of the riskiest postcodes to invest. Investors are warned to avoid them.

  • by Sarah Brookes
Perth house price growth could keep rising ‘at least 5-10 years’ and leave boom-bust cycle behind

Perth house price growth could keep rising ‘at least 5-10 years’ and leave boom-bust cycle behind

The chief economist for the nation’s peak residential building body predicts Perth’s average property price could surpass Queensland’s within three years.

  • by Connor McGoverne
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Locals nab gutted, derelict Gosnells home for half a million dollars

Locals nab gutted, derelict Gosnells home for half a million dollars

It went for $100,000 more than the asking price that made it Perth’s cheapest standalone property – but even the inflated price is well below the “new normal”.

  • by Claire Ottaviano
How the gap between the property haves and have-nots just got wider

How the gap between the property haves and have-nots just got wider

House sellers have been able to bank windfall gains, but everyone else risks being left behind as the property market soars out of reach.

  • by Sue Williams
Soaring architect-designed home in the treetops fetches $5.4m at auction

Soaring architect-designed home in the treetops fetches $5.4m at auction

Downsizers won the keys to a Lane Cove five-bedder with a studio, set in a private location next to bushland yet close to the city.

  • by Carmen Forward
Couple who used superstitious auction tactic wins $1.86m Essendon home

Couple who used superstitious auction tactic wins $1.86m Essendon home

Five parties competed, and the winners were a duo who had missed a string of opportunities elsewhere and decided to change tack.

  • by Sarah Webb
Ex-Domain boss Antony Catalano hatches plans for $55m Byron Bay trophy home
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Ex-Domain boss Antony Catalano hatches plans for $55m Byron Bay trophy home

Who built it best? Chris Hemsworth and media mogul Antony Catalano go head-to-head in the Byron Bay trophy home stakes.

  • by Lucy Macken