Caroline Zielinski
Caroline Zielinski is a property reporter at The Age.
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Barely half of Victoria’s rentals are meeting minimum standards
Standards include a functional kitchen, energy-efficient heating, lockable external doors and a mould-free home.
- Caroline Zielinski
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Billionaire spends $136m in cash on Toorak mansion and block next door
The grand home sold for a price that was the subject of much speculation, but an extra part of the deal has since been revealed.
- Caroline Zielinski
Young family pay $2,255,000 for inner-east Victorian house
Young families and downsizers battled it out for a double-fronted Victorian at auction on Saturday, as buyers get hesitant and investors stay scarce.
- Caroline Zielinski
Single mother outbids two rivals for $745,000 inner-south townhouse
The woman won the keys to her first home after fending off two bidders during a competitive auction on Saturday.
- Caroline Zielinski
‘Living in a caravan park’: Not all Baby Boomers are retiring rich
The federal budget’s focus on shifting wealth to younger generations has left some Baby Boomers without much hope of a comfortable retirement.
- Caroline Zielinski
Property investors start to pull out of the market pre-auction
Some are getting cold feet, reassessing their plans or even pulling out of deals they had already done.
- Robyn Willis and Caroline Zielinski
‘Shafted’: The Baby Boomers who won’t help their kids buy a home
A new Australian dark comedy film explores the generational tension between Baby Boomers and Millennials over homeownership.
- Caroline Zielinski
‘The most amount of caution I’ve seen’: How home owners are managing rate hikes
Potential home buyers and existing borrowers are managing not only rising interest rates but the increasing cost of living.
- Caroline Zielinski, Elizabeth Redman and Alice Uribe
Young couple win keys to $937,000 apartment in bayside suburb
A plush, two-bedroom unit with bay views sparked a bidding war at auction on Saturday, as two hopefuls battled it out in $500 increments after a slow start.
- Caroline Zielinski
Melbourne house prices fall as ‘unnerved’ buyers hold back
Median house prices have fallen for the first time in 18 months, marking a “turning point”.
- Caroline Zielinski