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Brisbane unit prices hit a record high. Houses are set to follow suit
The liveability and affordability of Brisbane and surrounds are tipped to keep pushing property prices higher, and some neighbourhoods are booming.
- by Sarah Webb
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Laine bought a unit in a great suburb, but couldn’t upgrade to a house there
Melbourne’s median house price has risen again, dealing another blow to home-buying hopefuls. Can the price rises continue?
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss and Tawar Razaghi
Jamie Durie’s $11m purchase of Paul Bangay’s Stonefields falls through
The extraordinary private garden was set to become a luxury accommodation venture. Instead, options will be explored to find a new buyer.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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
Western Sydney couple making a sea-change buy Taren Point townhouse for $3.48 million
The young buyers had to fend off downsizers, who were keen on the home’s internal lifts, to buy the luxury property at auction on Saturday.
- by Carmen Forward
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
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Mr Sydney FC trialled two trophy homes, but the third has something better
A bit like Goldilocks, Scott Barlow trialled two homes that didn’t fit. Hopefully the third, bought for about $40 million, is just right.
- by Lucy Macken
The Age photos of the week, October 20, 2023
The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.
Young couple outbids 10 others for $3 million Bronte fixer-upper semi
The keen buyers in their 30s wanted to move closer to the beach and made such a strong first bid, it wiped out most competition.
- by Sarah Webb
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
How Jy got his landlord to repay him $1365
Legal experts think there’s lots of money out there to be claimed and that thousands of Victorian renters could be entitled to refunds.
- by Jim Malo