The winds of change are coming to Hawthorn. Some welcome it,others are wary

The winds of change are coming to Hawthorn. Some welcome it,others are wary

The genteel demographic of Hawthorn is slowly being replaced by apartments,young people and chain stores. But some question what the suburb could lose as a result.

  • byClay Lucas

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The Melbourne suburbs where home downsizers can free up the most cash

The Melbourne suburbs where home downsizers can free up the most cash

Homeowners who swap houses for apartments could be left with more than a million dollars to spare.

  • byJim Malo
Stylish Fitzroy North home sells for $2.25 million at auction

Stylish Fitzroy North home sells for $2.25 million at auction

The vendors,two architects,renovated the home over about 15 years and squeezed as much as they could onto the small terrace block.

  • byJim Malo
Nine of our favourite Melbourne homes on the market right now

Nine of our favourite Melbourne homes on the market right now

Dreaming of a new home? We’ve rounded up some of our top picks,from swish apartments to period homes.

  • byJacqui Hammerton andMary O'Brien
Box Hill ‘ghost platform’ touted as underground cycling highway
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Box Hill ‘ghost platform’ touted as underground cycling highway

A bicycle highway through Melbourne’s eastern suburbs via an underground “ghost platform” at Box Hill station would ease road congestion and public transport crowding.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Back in a sharehouse in her 40s:How Heather bought her Melbourne home

Back in a sharehouse in her 40s:How Heather bought her Melbourne home

As a single mother,Heather had written off being a homeowner. But as rents rose,she took a life-changing step.

  • byJim Malo
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Ad guru Russel Howcroft knows a good sales pitch. This might be his best

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.

  • byMelissa Heagney-Bayliss
Eleven of the best homes for sale in Victoria right now

Eleven of the best homes for sale in Victoria right now

We’ve rounded up some of the best dream homes,from an equestrian estate to a warehouse conversion in a former Cherry Ripe factory.

  • byJacqui Hammerton andMary O'Brien
Parents,schools on high alert after spate of violent attacks on teens
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Parents,schools on high alert after spate of violent attacks on teens

S​tudents are being urged to avoid walking home after a string of violent incidents,including armed robberies and the abduction of a 14-year-old boy.

  • byAlex Crowe,Nicole Precel,Broede Carmody andAshleigh McMillan
Family spends $5,725,000 on Hawthorn home they’d seen only half an hour before

Family spends $5,725,000 on Hawthorn home they’d seen only half an hour before

They beat two other bidders at auction,all looking to trade up for the five-bedroom home with pool and impressive wine cellar.

  • byTom Carey andMelissa Heagney-Bayliss
Sellers of $7.4m Hawthorn auction make $2.55m profit in three years

Sellers of $7.4m Hawthorn auction make $2.55m profit in three years

The home was unchanged since its last sale,so a renovation wasn’t the reason why the residence flew above vendor expectations.

  • byTom Carey andMelissa Heagney-Bayliss