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Wes Mountain

Wes Mountain is a property reporter at The Age.

Homes are more likely to sell for a gain than at any time in the past two decades, but some neighbourhoods lost out.

Suburbs where property owners are selling at a loss

Home sellers have a high chance of making a profit, but in some neighbourhoods profitability is far from guaranteed.

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Thomas Pozzer has been anticipating a rate rise and planning on how to make sure it has the least impact on his finances.

The smart way home borrowers are dealing with higher interest rates

The rate rise will add about $100 a month to a $600,000 mortgage, but home owners have a strategy to get ahead.

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Tom Edney and his partner secured their new home after months of watching auctions fly past their price guides.

The Melbourne suburbs where unloved homes are getting more expensive

Almost two in five property sellers in Victoria who can’t get the price they want at auction are then setting their hopes even higher.

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Nadia Bartel, founder of fashion label Henne.

Influencer Nadia Bartel lists Windsor home for $3m to $3.2m

Melbourne fashion designer Nadia Bartel is selling her four-bedroom, red-brick Edwardian residence that she bought in 2020.

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February’s auction clearance rate was below 70 per cent.

Why the property market just slipped below a key benchmark

Potential property buyers have been weighed down with worries at the start of this year, and it could affect price growth.

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The weatherboard and stained-glass home had five bedrooms and a separate bungalow.

Coburg family home passes in at auction after attracting only one bidder

The family home came with two storeys, five bedrooms and a separate bungalow, but did not sell under the hammer.

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Ashish Sharma and Manali Perohit love living in the “oasis of calm” East Melbourne provides in the midst of the inner-city

‘An oasis of calm’: What it costs to live in Melbourne’s most liveable suburb

There’s plenty of green space, and it’s not far from the CBD, but some residents would like more affordable housing.

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The clinker brick 1970s home at 184 Canning Street, Carlton, sold for $2,253,000.

‘Crazy outcome’: 1970s inner-north home sells for $2,253,000

A young couple paid half a million dollars over the bottom of the price guide to win the keys to the two-bedder at auction on Saturday.

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Elicia Wallace found living in a townhouse offered unexpected benefits.

The ‘gentle’ yet profitable solution to Melbourne’s housing crisis

A popular style of housing offers more homes in parts of Melbourne where people want to live, and it’s already on the rise.

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The home at 4 Wallace Street in Bentleigh East which sold for $1.8 million.

‘They deserve it’: Vendors sell family home of 45 years for $1.8 million

A four-bedroom home in the leafy south east sold for $200,000 above reserve, with a young family beating out investors to win the keys.

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