Property market
Seven of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
Our top picks include a beach house with three decks to enjoy the sea breeze, a no-expenses-spared restoration, and a creekfront sanctuary.
- by Kate Farrelly
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Property goldmine: These 10 Perth suburbs eclipsed 30 per cent growth
The total value of property transactions in WA was worth $40 billion over the past financial year, with some suburbs recording gains of around 40 per cent.
- by Sarah Brookes
How home sellers made 10 per cent more money than the highest offer
The premium has hovered in a range of about 10 per cent to 11 per cent in recent years, and pushed above 12 per cent in 2021.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Shocked woman buys hoarder house, but it’s not full of junk
A first home buyer who bought a condemned hoarder’s house has shared her surprise at what she discovered inside.
- by Emily Power
‘Housing policy disaster’: Property approaches a tipping point
Housing costs have soared faster than incomes, but could there be any relief on the horizon?
- by Elizabeth Redman
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Housing crisis
Brianna signed up for a home build. Three years later she lives with her parents
Ordinary families caught in the state’s housing construction gridlock are facing looming payment deadlines, putting loans for their unfinished homes under threat.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Sold for $150k more than listed: The Girrawheen home with 90 groups through at first home open
A growing number of West Aussies can’t find a rental, but also can’t afford to buy a home – or even if they can, can’t find a place to buy.
- by Sarah Brookes
Young couple spends $3.5 million on Coogee two-bedroom semi at auction
The vendor had lived in the 1920s home for 42 years and collected $500,000 more than their asking price.
- by Carmen Forward
Melbourne vendor-builder turns tidy profit on $2.4m reno at auction
A couple beat three young families for the four-bedroom family home in Templestowe that last sold in 2019 and has since had a transformative renovation.
- by Tom Carey
Reverse mortgages on the rise among cash-strapped seniors
Seniors are using their home’s equity to take out loans at greater rates than ever, but there’s a risk they may be “eating their house” too early.
- by Amber Schultz
How a teacher and IT pro turned a rotting terrace into a colourful haven
When Nicholas and Zahra first saw the Fitzroy fixer-upper, it was ‘barely liveable’. Now, it has been transformed.
- by Jessica Golding