Melbourne house prices
Is it a better time to buy a house at auction now?
Home buying hopefuls who turned up at auctions earlier this year to take advantage of lower prices faced competition from others doing the same. But now?
- by Jim Malo
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A buyer had seen the Balwyn North house once. Then he paid $2.76 million, funding the vendor’s retirement
The buyer outbid seven others on the 1940s four-bedroom house, which blew past its reserve at auction.
- by Tom Carey
Young couple pays $2.2m for dream New York movie-style loft at auction
The Collingwood apartment came with soaring ceilings and a rooftop terrace, set in a heritage precinct.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Ad guru Russel Howcroft knows a good sales pitch. This might be his best
The media personality and his wife Kate Burke are selling their family home of 21 years, with a price guide of $4.8 million to $5.2 million.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
From a rough fixer-upper to an artist’s retreat: This renovation is a knockout
The bathroom had no floor and the kitchen had sunk in when Tom bought his Richmond home in 2010. Now, it’s had a dramatic transformation.
- by Jim Malo
Upsizers snap up Glen Waverley five-bedder for $3.15 million, the middle of its price range
Melbourne’s clearance rate remains soft as higher interest rates lower buying capacity, affecting it more than other cities, AMP chief economist Dr Shane Oliver says.
- by Carmen Forward
Two bidders fight hard as Coburg home sells for $1.86 million at auction
The buyers traded $20,000 bids throughout the auction, despite the auctioneer offering to take smaller increments.
- by Jim Malo
Eye-catching Brunswick reno soars to $2.65m in hard-fought auction
Three young families competed for the four-bedroom house with a 1930s facade, renovated with a high level of attention.
- by Tom Carey
Tiny apartments: Melbourne housing crisis solution or glorified slums?
The future of affordable housing in Melbourne might resemble New York, Hong Kong and now Brunswick – apartments under 25 square metres with common spaces and no car parking.
- by Tom Cowie
Home loan mistakes to avoid during the cost of living crunch
Some banks are poring over applicants’ recent bank statements to ensure they can afford to service a loan at today’s higher interest rates.
- by Tawar Razaghi
No kitchen, no bathroom, no worries: Siblings pay $670,000 for unliveable house
The seller of an unliveable Thomastown property tried unsuccessfully to develop it but is now relieved after it fetched $670,000 at auction on Saturday.
- by Tom Carey