Sydney house prices
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
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
‘Knee-jerk policy’: Minns’ first idea to tackle Sydney’s housing crisis hits a wall
Chris Minns came to power promising to go up, not out, but the hard part is making it happen.
- by Deborah Snow
Opinion
Property market
Why the reinflating house price bubble might run out of puff
Most economists still believe house prices will rise this year, but they are far more equivocal about the clouded crystal ball.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Beachfront Bronte house gains $4.8 million in 15 months
The house with knockout views fetched $22.5 million pre-auction, despite no material improvements since it last traded.
- by Carmen Forward and Lucy Macken
Lights, camera, sell: Claudia Karvan makes good on the property boom
The Order of Australia recipient might not have intended it, but her timing couldn’t be better.
- by Lucy Macken
The sought-after Sydney suburbs where property prices soared most
Potential buyers here have budgets large enough to shake off the effect of rising mortgage repayments, sparking fierce competition.
- by Kate Burke and Jim Malo
Investor outbids first home buyers for $3.5 million Queens Park house
Fifteen buyers turned out to compete for the three-bedroom house, which sold for $300,000 above the reserve.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Sydney property FOMO is back as house prices boom $77,000 in three months
Sydney house prices shrugged off the steepest interest rate hikes in a generation, leaving buyers scrambling not to miss the boat.
- by Tawar Razaghi and Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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Renting
If you think renting in Australia is a mess, you’re not the only one
The cost of rent is at an all-time high while vacancies are at an all-time low. Let us help you make sense of it all.