Today
Rising listings, poor affordability slash house price growth
The rate fell by a third to 1.9 per cent across the combined capital cities during the September quarter, a new report from Domain shows.
- Nila Sweeney
This Month
Sydney, Brisbane, Perth house prices to rise 12pc this year
The rosier prediction comes as expectations for a wider housing market recovery over the next few years strengthen.
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- Nila Sweeney
Where property demand is set to soar
Australia’s population tipped to boom by more than 7.4 million over the next two decades, sending demand for dwellings soaring.
- Nila Sweeney
‘We send each other houses’: Real estate is the new couples’ therapy
Do you and your partner scroll through property listings for a dream home that you’ll never buy? You’ve got house fever.
- Shane Watson
Suburbs with the highest granny flat potential
More than 655,000 granny flats could be built across the country straight away to help alleviate the housing shortage.
- Nila Sweeney
A $2.7m offer made this vendor jump early
After a “mini boom”, buyers are becoming cautious again – and that’s making some sellers decide it’s better to take an early bid.
- Michael Bleby
Investor exodus gathers pace in Melbourne, Sydney
More investors are bailing out of inner Melbourne and Sydney markets amid weak capital growth and large increase in holding costs.
- Nila Sweeney
Melbourne home sells for nearly $1m more than asking price
Sydney’s auction success rate increased by 2.6 per cent as home buyers compete for a scarce number of properties.
- Campbell Kwan
Sydney Metro boosts apartment premium by up to 20pc
Apartments along Sydney’s new Metro stations are poised to outperform similar properties in neighbouring suburbs.
- Nila Sweeney
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- Luxury property
Inside the two trophy homes set to smash Sydney’s coastal records
In Sydney’s eastern suburbs of South Coogee and Bronte, two luxury home listings are expected to set new records in the lead up to Christmas.
- Bonnie Campbell
Power-socket giant eyes housing upturn in 2024
The CEO of Legrand, a $38 billion French giant with a factory making switches in south-west Sydney, thinks electricians are likely to be busier next year.
- Simon Evans
Minns rules out Victorian empty homes tax for NSW
NSW Premier Chris Minns will tackle housing affordability by building more homes, rather than imposing ‘use it, or lose it’ measures on landowners to boost supply
- Samantha Hutchinson
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- Luxury property
Former NAB boss Bradford sells Woollahra mansion listed for $20m
Bradford and wife Alison have sold their grand property in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, while Lendlease clocks strong presales in Melbourne’s CBD.
- Bonnie Campbell
Rate of house price growth eases at the upper end of the market
In the past three months, the premium end of the Sydney housing market posted the slowest reading since February.
- Nila Sweeney
Sydney home prices jump 11pc in nine months
Since bottoming out in January, prices in the NSW capital are on track to hit new highs by early next year, according to CoreLogic.
- Nila Sweeney
September
Loss-making, short-hold listings surge across Sydney, Melbourne
The share of short-held listings selling at a loss has ballooned in the inner-city areas, reflecting their weaker performance in the past three years.
- Nila Sweeney
The toughest suburbs for Sydney renters revealed
These previously affordable housing markets are now becoming out of reach for many renters after rents surged in the past year according to Suburbtrends.
- Nila Sweeney
Melbourne house prices to jump 12pc in 2025
Higher demand and constrained supply is set to push Melbourne’s housing market to outperform Sydney over the next two years, KPMG predicts.
- Nila Sweeney
Sydney house beats reserve by more than $700,000
Preliminary clearance rates rose across the board, with Sydney lifting to 74.4 per cent, the highest since August according to CoreLogic.
- Nila Sweeney
Profit-making sales rise even as more recent homeowners bail out
With dwelling values still 4.6 per cent lower than they were before interest rates started rising, homeowners reselling within two years had incurred $30,000 loss on average.
- Nila Sweeney
