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One way to build a home in eight weeks, for a 10 per cent discount

New home buyers could get into their homes quicker and for a lower price, reducing the risk of delays from bad weather or holidays.

  • Sue Williams

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45 Scenic Road, Kenmore, was designed by an architect whose daughter has just entered the family trade.

Family of ‘serial home builders’ sells architect-designed property for non-riverfront record

Now that their daughter has graduated as an architect, the Kenmore family decided to sell up and build yet another home – but this time together as a family.

  • Sarah Webb
31 Newton Road, Strathfield

‘Prime address’: Opulent Strathfield new build sells for $10,815,000

A crowd of 300 watched in the rain as the six-bedroom, three-level home sold for just $15,000 more than its reserve.

  • Carmen Forward
The rear courtyard of 67a Cecil St, Williamstown, which sold for $1.17 million on Saturday.

‘It’s a small part of the world’: Williamstown home sells for $1.17m

The freestanding house at the rear of a period home attracted six bidders, with downsizers and young couples pushing the price $100,000 above the reserve.

  • Shona Hendley
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.

  • Wes Mountain and Alice Uribe
The double-bricked home at 9 Albyn Road, Strathfield sold for $6 million

Strathfield family home sells for $6 million after six swift $100k bids

Five bidders pushed the large double-bricked house in the suburb’s “Golden Mile” $100,000 over its reserve.

  • Carmen Forward
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The weatherboard home at 9 Albert Street, Highett, which sold for $1.15m on Saturday.

First-home buyers beat friends for $1.15m Highett weatherboard home

The winning couple embraced the underbidders after realising they had been competing against friends trying to buy the same property at auction.

  • Emily Power
House values have risen faster than unit values.

Where it’s cheaper to buy a home than rent – or almost the same price

Potential home buyers may be better off buying their own home than renting. But they need to know where to look.

  • Elizabeth Redman
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.

  • Wes Mountain
The share of home lending has reversed in favour of investors over the past five years

How property investors piled into Australia’s housing market

The share of home lending has reversed in favour of investors over the past five years, but experts say there may be more first home buyers through 2026.

  • Alice Uribe