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Abbir Dib

Abbir Dib

Abbir Dib is a journalist and opinion writer based in Melbourne.

61 Elgin Street, Carlton VIC 3053

150-year-old inner-city landmark sells for $1.25m after passing in

The two-dwelling home has been a lolly shop and art gallery. It was bought by local first home buyers who will live in one residence and rent out the other.

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15-117 Kay Street, Carlton VIC

Rundown Carlton terraces fetch $1.7 million at auction

Developers battled it out at Saturday’s auction for a pair of Victorian workers’ cottages on a single title in Carlton, with the winner forking out $355,000 above the reserve.

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30 George Street, Brunswick VIC 3056

‘People lived in that street for a lifetime’: Brunswick two-bedder fetches $1.4m

A couple paid $1,425,000 for a two-bedroom house with scope to update in the inner north, after seven bidders fought it out in a hot auction.

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Rents have risen on the Surf Coast.

‘Lifestyle appeal’: Victorian coastal towns where rents have risen

Demand from sea-change movers is outpacing new housing supply, pushing some areas up by double digits.

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Ben Schrever at his prefab home.

How Ben got a new, ‘awesome quality’, architect-designed home in months

It’s energy-efficient and can run on battery power in winter, and new research shows how more homes like Ben’s could be built faster.

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Property prices have fallen in pockets of inner Melbourne.

‘Danger zones’: Inner Melbourne suburbs where property prices plunged

Investors have retreated and first home buyers are not looking for the same types of homes as investors are trying to offload.

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Canterbury’s median house price has risen over the past year.

The two exclusive Melbourne suburbs that outshone the rest

House prices in two prestige Melbourne suburbs have surged ahead of the rest, recording double-digit growth while others went backwards.

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5 Canning Street, North Melbourne VIC 

‘Beautiful home’: Inner-city terrace sells for $1.8m at auction

A Victorian-era terrace drew six bidders at auction on Saturday. It sold for just over $250,000 above its reserve to a young professional.

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A double-fronted Victorian house in Seddon has sold in post-auction negotiations.

Inner-west Victorian house sells for $945,000 after auction

A woman bought the three-bedroom home in post-auction negotiations after it passed in following her single bid of $860,000.

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Old gold rush town Beechworth is in the Indigo LGA, which saw rents jumped 13.6 per cent in a year.

The Victorian regional towns where rents rose most over the past year

Rents are higher than a year ago in every regional Victorian local government area except one.

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