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Why once-shunned renovator’s delights are back
Sydney property buyers would once have been likely to overlook fixer-uppers and completely unliveable houses, but now they’re fighting it out for homes in need of work.
- by Kate Burke
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Gavin bought a home near Metro West. He thought it was a done deal
Home owners who bought near Sydney’s proposed Metro West line were hoping for better transport links and a boost to their local neighbourhoods. Now that’s in doubt.
- by Kate Burke
Moving goalposts? The next hurdle for hopeful home buyers
Just as home hunters adjust to the prospect of sky-high monthly mortgage repayments and the rising cost of living, there’s another rethink coming.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
The seven best luxury homes on the market right now
Fancy your own cocktail room or indoor heated pool? We’ve looked far and wide to bring you our favourite luxury listings.
- by Kate Farrelly
Six bidders for $8.5 million Burwood house - and it still passed in
An elegant six-bedroom home that drew a crowd of 300 couldn’t attract an offer high enough to seal a deal.
- by Carmen Forward
Young family blows away reserve to splash $3.62 million at Balwyn auction
Three bidders pushed the price $620,000 above the expectations set by vendors downsizing after 20 years, with buyers chasing the stylish turnkey finishes.
- by Tom Carey and Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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Exclusive Brethren COVID test supplier sets $14m Hills District record
There’s no doubting the runaway success of the medical supply company Westlab of recent years, and that’s good news for the Exclusive Brethren and Hills District house price records.
- by Lucy Macken
First home buying brothers buy gutted Rushcutters Bay unit for $1.67 million
A whopping 16 buyers registered to bid on the unit that needed an extensive renovation. But it had a major draw card.
- by Tawar Razaghi
‘Almost at the edge’: What life’s like in Melbourne’s most mortgaged suburb
Seventy-two per cent of properties are mortgaged and after 12 interest rate rises, homeowners say they’re struggling to make ends meet.
- by Jim Malo
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Live like a Teal MP: Kylea Tink lists $5.5 million Northbridge home
TITLE DEEDS: Meanwhile, celebrity agent Nick Fordham makes it three in a row in Woollahra and a finance industry veteran buys Alan Joyce’s Mosman mansion.
- by Lucy Macken
‘Backs against the wall’: Life in Sydney’s most mortgaged suburb
Working around the clock, taking on second jobs, spending less on necessities and having fewer children. What else can homeowners here do?
- by Tawar Razaghi