Home buyback scheme floated after Kensington Banks labelled flood-prone

Home buyback scheme floated after Kensington Banks labelled flood-prone

Property experts say house prices in the estate could fall by up to 20 per cent following Melbourne Water’s revised modelling for the Maribyrnong River catchment.

  • bySophie Aubrey

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China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough

China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough

Three years after China’s property sector started imploding,Xi Jinping is finally doing something meaningful to fix it. He needs to do more.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Neighbour beats eight others to snap up stately $4.7m Glebe bungalow

Neighbour beats eight others to snap up stately $4.7m Glebe bungalow

Nine registered to bid on the circa-1900 grand four-bedroom residence,but the winner was very local.

  • byCarmen Forward
‘Spun us out’:Carnegie vendors’ stylish reno earns $3.75m auction payday

‘Spun us out’:Carnegie vendors’ stylish reno earns $3.75m auction payday

The sellers paid $1.65m for the Californian bungalow in late 2020 and their renovation attracted five bidders,all locals,at auction.

  • byTom Carey
The Sydney suburbs where you should have bought a house

The Sydney suburbs where you should have bought a house

Dozens of suburbs that were affordable to the average buyer are no longer within reach. Here’s what slipped away,and where to look instead.

  • byTawar Razaghi andElizabeth Redman
Finally his day:Buyer who lost seven times wins $3.8m Newtown stunner

Finally his day:Buyer who lost seven times wins $3.8m Newtown stunner

The home’s artistically designed interior with exposed brick,timber and metal detailing drew seven bidders despite its modest land size.

  • bySarah Webb
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Entrepreneur splashes near $100m on Toorak house,Portsea beach house

Entrepreneur splashes near $100m on Toorak house,Portsea beach house

Grant Rule sold his company,bought the second-most expensive home in Toorak and added a holiday home on the beachfront.

  • byElizabeth Redman
The Melbourne suburbs where you should have bought a house

The Melbourne suburbs where you should have bought a house

Nearly 100 suburbs that were affordable to home buyers in 2022 are no longer within reach. Here’s what slipped away,and where to look instead.

  • byJim Malo
‘As bad as it’s ever been’:Property prices blow out and pay rises lag

‘As bad as it’s ever been’:Property prices blow out and pay rises lag

Home prices have risen much faster than wages over the long term,and the gap looks set to widen.

  • byElizabeth Redman
The Perth suburbs where it’s cheaper to buy a home now than a year ago

The Perth suburbs where it’s cheaper to buy a home now than a year ago

Buyers across more than a dozen Perth suburbs from the coast to the hills can spend less on a house today.

  • bySarah Brookes
‘It has everything you need’:What it costs to live in the Sydney suburbs with the highest wellbeing

‘It has everything you need’:What it costs to live in the Sydney suburbs with the highest wellbeing

A suburb’s wellbeing was measured on several indicators such as health,environment,jobs and income – but it comes at a price.

  • byElizabeth Redman andTawar Razaghi