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Not all homes are selling at auction.

The type of Melbourne homes that are passing in at auction

Some properties are struggling to attract interest as mortgage costs rise and buyers fret about the health of the global economy.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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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.

  • Wes Mountain
Michele Bullock and Yamba.

RBA governor spent $2m on coastal home – on same day as rate rise

Michele Bullock settled on a new four-bedroom home on the north coast of NSW on March 17, the day the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate.

  • John Buckley and Fiona Byrne
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 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
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Martin and Claire Friedrich in their Brighton home.

Inside the stunning homes three Melbourne architects designed for themselves

There is an element of fascination – and satisfaction – when architects flip the brief onto themselves.

  • Emily Power
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.

  • Abbir Dib
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.

  • Wes Mountain
Auctioneer Charles Atkins looks to the crowd, as bids inch up in increments of $1000.

How much it costs to live in the ‘best city in the world’

The cultural scene, liveliness and diversity are world-leading - and home buyers might even be able to afford to live there.

  • Caroline Zielinski