The Sydney Morning Herald logo

Property market

Advertisement
z

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

Latest

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
Auction results have been mixed.

The type of Sydney 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.

  • Dan F Stapleton
A tipping point for house values.

House prices are at a tipping point. It’s time for buyers to negotiate

Buyers are increasingly unwilling to transact at sellers’ asking prices, and homes are being passed in.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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
The bank of mum and dad has been estimated to be between the fifth and the ninth-largest lender in the country.

WA first-home buyers are relying on the bank of mum and dad. Are there expectations in return?

A new study found the challenging economic environment for gaining access to first homes was “weighing heavily upon parents who find themselves playing an indispensable role in their children’s home-buying journey”.

  • Holly Thompson
Advertisement
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
Graham Palmer is a 79-year-old renter in Ringwood who has been trying to get solar panels installed in his four unit block to save on power, but has been blocked by investor owners.

‘We’ve been left out’: The home owners locked out of cheap energy

Some Victorians who are keen to electrify their homes are unable to do so as easily as their neighbours.

  • Caroline Zielinski