‘Dramatic slowdown’: How property values changed after years of higher rates
Home buyers can’t borrow as much money, but owners are pushing ahead with plans to sell now, and new figures show the fallout.
- by Elizabeth Redman
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‘Pretty dire’: How stressed home borrowers could be about to break
Homeowners are feeling the pinch after rolling off their ultra-low fixed mortgage rates. They’re hoping it doesn’t get worse.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Why ‘everyone’s anti-Boomer’ - at least when trying to buy a home
Home ownership is part of the Australian psyche, but the gap between the haves and have-nots just got wider.
- by Elizabeth Redman
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age land 19 Kennedy Award nominations
An investigation into former Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo, live coverage of the Bondi Junction attack and photojournalism from Fiji were nominated.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Couple splashes $5.5m on unrenovated Manly unit
The home with ‘big, dramatic views’ had been owned by the same family since the 1960s, with renovation costs of half a million dollars.
- by Elizabeth Redman
‘She loved the style’: Buyer pays $2.2m for house she toured half an hour before
An interstate buyer who first saw the Hampton home on FaceTime flew down, loved the style and the block, and triumphed at auction.
- by Elizabeth Redman
How Australians are saving $366 a week on housing in a cost of living crisis
Crushed under rising prices, new figures show a rational shift to try to manage as best as possible.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Our favourite mansions for sale around the world right now
Dreaming of a holiday home overseas? In the world’s most luxurious homes, there are so many creature comforts you’ll never want to leave.
- by Elizabeth Redman
First home buyer with mum’s help misses out to investor for $1.1m Bellevue Hill pad
Enlisting the help of family wasn’t enough for a number of first home buyers who bid for the two-bedroom unit.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Family pays $3.9m at auction for ‘beautiful old terrace’ in Albert Park
The three-bedroom home attracted only one bidder amid a patchy winter market, but it was enough to secure a sale.
- by Elizabeth Redman
The Sydney suburbs where house prices soared most over the past year
House prices have jumped by at least 20 per cent in a string of sought-after pockets, defying higher interest rates and the rising cost of living.
- by Elizabeth Redman