Elections didn’t stop many bidders from turning up at auction. Photo: Tom Parrish While voters cast ballots at the polls, many homeseekers across Sydney were also casting bids for a new home. There were 560 auctions scheduled across the Harbour City, a 29 per cent decrease from the same time last year, many still taking […]
Sold! To the woman who grew up next door. A Sunbury house recommended to buyers for either renovation or demolition has sold more than $150,000 above its reserve price, to the neighbour’s daughter. In what has been described as the biggest auction for the suburb this year, an estimated 250 people turned out to watch […]
Another jobs week has come and gone, and while we see some signs of a slowdown in the labor market, it’s not breaking. Since 2022, I have suggested that to get mortgage rates below 6% with a longer duration, we need to see either a shift in the labor market or additional rate cuts that […]
Howrah has been highlighted as a suburb to watch for future home value growth. Picture: Roger Lovell Homebuyers hunting for a suburb with bright growth prospects are flushed with choice as Hobart prepares for its next pricing cycle uptick. A national report from Hotspotting shows 60 per cent of the southernmost capital city’s suburbs achieved […]
Publicans and small business owners searching for something a little different should look no further than the historic Inglewood Inn and its resident ghost. An inn only by name, with no accommodation, the Inglewood Inn operates as a restaurant, bar and function centre. Current owners Peter and Polly Howell have operated the venue for the […]
They don’t just buy houses — they buy streets. In Sydney’s most elite suburbs, the rich and powerful are quietly waging war on their neighbours – not with lawsuits or hedge disputes, but with money. From Vaucluse to the northern beaches, the city’s cashed-up elite have been snapping up neighbouring properties and bulldozing the boundaries […]
Some of Melbourne’s most eye-catching properties could soon be yours, if multiple rate cuts comes through. Fancy a Hills hoist chandelier, a man-made backyard waterfall with a literal man cave inside it, or a plane wreck on the roof? A bevy of looming interest rate cuts could soon bring the home of your wildest dreams […]
A waterfront position and expansive views helped 2/25 The Strand, Williamstown, snag a $4.15m sale. Melbourne’s auction market has been tipped to heat up as it heads towards winter after a long-weekend spree and federal election put it on ice for the past few weeks. Yesterday, PropTrack data shows 67 per cent of homes sold […]
69A The Strand, Newport is on the market. Wake up and enjoy a coffee on the balcony of this three-storey Newport home with vistas over the city skyline and bay. The number three is integral to the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home at 69A The Strand – with an almost $3m price tag and hopes of securing […]
The aircrete dome home built in Flaxton by artist Cath Wild. Picture: Supplied Queenslanders have made some of the quirkiest things into homes and one prominent architecture expert reckons this ingenuity may just help the next generation of homebuyers during the housing crisis. Throughout the Sunshine State people are living in planes, trains, space station-like […]
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