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The three-level house on Chiswick’s Parramatta River was built in 2019.
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Fugitive Jean Nassif’s waterfront Chiswick house hits market

Just before Sydney’s property market closes for the summer comes one of the year’s most anticipated listings - the home of a famous Lebanon expat.

  • by Lucy Macken
More home buyers have small deposits.

‘Like going to a casino’: More home buyers turn to risky strategy

Home buyers are showing fresh signs of eagerness to purchase, especially if they think any interest rate cut will push up prices.

  • by Sue Williams

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32 Chessell Street sold for $2,363,000 at auction on Saturday to a Darwin family who came across the property the night before.

House in Melbourne’s east sells for $2,362,000 to surprise buyer

The winning bidders saw the ad for the five-bedroom property for the first time on Friday evening. Less than 24 hours later, the home was theirs.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
Eastwood villa sells for $1.66 million on Saturday.

Eastwood villa sells for $1.66 million, almost tripling since 2007

Four downsizers from the suburb and surrounds registered to bid on the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home that last sold for $570,000 less than two decades ago.

  • by Kristy Johnson
34 Irving Road, Toorak

Our favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

Looking for your next home in Melbourne? We’ve got you covered.

  • by Jacqui Hammerton and Lou Sweeney
3 Yerton Avenue, Hunters Hill

Our favourite homes for sale in Sydney right now

Looking for your next home within Sydney? We’ve got you covered.

  • by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
Crawford said she’s heading into the busiest time of the year, however, business is always seasonal.

The Sydney suburb where nobody is behind on their mortgage

As some Sydneysiders fall behind on their repayments in the cost-of-living crisis, other neighbourhoods are better placed to keep up.

  • by Kristy Johnson
The 16-room mansion with tennis court and swimming pool of Rizwan Rana is proving a little too big for the petrol station mogul.

Servo mogul shrugs off liquidation, aims to sell record-setting $10.5m home

He paid a record-setting price last year when he purchased his 16-room mansion with indoor swimming pool, and is no doubt hoping to better the price.

  • by Lucy Macken
Michele Petrie is a Sculpture artist, widower and grandmother of four, 74 year old Michele renovated a Tuscan-inspired house into a modern day masterpiece that blends in with the spotted gums by the water in Avalon.

How an artist turned an ‘ugly’ $4.4m home into a $14.5m waterfront gem

It became her permanent abode after travelling the world and living in 37 other homes. But it has gone through several changes.

  • by Carmen Forward
11 Cooper Street, Seymour TAS 7215

Our favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From a rammed-earth home that’s an escape from the rat race to bold architecture set in established gardens, these are our top picks.

  • by Kate Farrelly
Are property investors selling or buying?

Why property investors are selling now – and why they’re buying even more

There are two narratives about investor activity: One that investors are selling up – the other that more investors are entering the market.

  • by Jim Malo
The three-level house on Chiswick’s Parramatta River was built in 2019.

Fugitive Jean Nassif’s waterfront Chiswick house hits market

Just before Sydney’s property market closes for the summer comes one of the year’s most anticipated listings - the home of a famous Lebanon expat.

  • by Lucy Macken
58 Kingsholme Street, Teneriffe QLD 4005

Sick of neighbours? House on a giant traffic island for sale

Ever heard of a house that fronts three streets and shares no boundaries with neighbours? Here’s one.

  • by Orana Durney-Benson
More home buyers have small deposits.

‘Like going to a casino’: More home buyers turn to risky strategy

Home buyers are showing fresh signs of eagerness to purchase, especially if they think any interest rate cut will push up prices.

  • by Sue Williams
More Australians think they will rent forever.

How landlords sharply hiking rents created more ‘forever renters’

Rapid increases over recent years have hampered tenants’ ability to save money and buy a home, but is there any relief in sight?

  • by Jim Malo
52 Baikal Place, Westlake, sold for $2.3 million at auction.

Rare as hen’s teeth: House on Brisbane’s only private lake smashes reserve by $300k

The buyer saw the property for the first time just a couple of hours before the auction.

  • by Sarah Webb
44 Fawcett Street, Ryde

Four families bid for $2.2m Sydney home with playground off the backyard

In a battle of the parents, a family upsizing from a unit won the keys to a cottage with a back gate that opened directly to a large playground.

  • by Carmen Forward
13 Rose Street, Armadale

‘Wasn’t the frenzy we’d hoped’: Armadale auction cops $40,000 discount

A lady new to the area and looking for a low-maintenance home was able to get in for less than the advertised price guide.

  • by Shona Hendley
Revolutionary Real Estate property marketing strategist David Kaity says Perth home owners are underselling despite Perth’s hot property market.

‘Not asking enough’: Four ways Perth homeowners are underselling

One property strategist says Perth homes are underselling in up to 70 per cent of cases.

  • by Claire Ottaviano
Block contestants (left to right): Maddy, Charlotte, Courtney, Grant, Ricky, Haydn, Kylie, Brad, Kristian and Mimi. 

Billionaire splashes $15 million to buy all five houses on The Block

The deep-pocketed property buyer made a knockout bid of $3.5 million to crown the youngest-ever winners of the reality renovation TV show.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
The journey from The Joey to prized cul-de-sac Waratah Road at Palm Beach is about 600 metres.

He complained about restaurant noise in Palm Beach. Then he sold for $9.5m

One local who made a noise complaint about The Joey’s bid for extended opening hours has now made a whisper quiet $9.5m property sale.

  • by Lucy Macken
Grant Tothill has listed his apartment in Port Melbourne for sale.

‘No escaping any more’: Melbourne suburbs where home owners are selling now

Melbourne home owners have decided to sell their properties at greater rates this spring than usual, and some areas have made double-digit jumps.

  • by Jim Malo
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