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Popular Melbourne suburbs where homes are selling quickest
Days on market have blown out to nearly two months in some areas, while other homes are whisked off the market within weeks.
- by Alexandra Middleton
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Former AFL exec sells Albert Park home for $6.25m, makes $4.5m profit
A local family purchased the four-bedroom home for $650,000 above reserve, beating two others for the stylish Edwardian residence.
- by Alexandra Middleton
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Investor swoops to beat first home buyers for $1.72m Darlington home
Interest in the campaign was mostly from first time buyers and eight parties registered to bid, but a late auction entrant changed the game.
- by Kristy Johnson
The type of home that’s holding the Melbourne property market back
Melbourne has about twice as many as Perth and Adelaide, which is why the Victorian capital has recorded a lower median value.
- by Jim Malo
Popular Sydney suburbs where houses are snapped up fastest
Properties are selling rapidly in trendy and affordable pockets of Sydney, defying a broader slowdown in which many homes are taking longer to sell.
- by Kristy Johnson and Alexandra Middleton
‘More than paint, less than a bulldozer’: This rundown property is Perth’s cheapest
At $399,000 this stand-alone Gosnells home is the cheapest in Perth - but buyer beware, she comes with baggage.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Lifestyle blogger pays $43.5m for Bellevue Hill house that sold last year for $30m
Knock, knock: Bellevue Hill trophy home trader Stephanie Conley-Buhre shows why it pays to always answer the door to real estate agents.
- by Lucy Macken
‘This is overpriced’: Home sellers forced to take a reality check
A few years ago, buyers worried about missing out. Now, they’re more concerned about not over-stretching budgets.
- by Elizabeth Redman
They refused to sell as a whole Perth suburb was built around them. Until now
The six acre property in Hammond Park has been owned by the same family for nearly four decades.
- by Sarah Brookes
More home owners fail to sell their properties as the market slows
Picky home buyers are passing over properties for sale that don’t tick all their boxes, leaving listings lingering on the market.
- by Elizabeth Redman
‘Cost of living is so much cheaper’: Regional towns with the smallest house price increases
Buyers looking for falls in prices will be disappointed, but a full and rewarding lifestyle is on offer in the areas where rises in house price weren’t extreme.
- by Carmen Forward