Bentleigh East
Young couple buys $985,000 Melbourne home in ‘one of the strangest situations’
A couple bought a mixed-use home with space for a small business, but a rival’s large bid meant they nearly missed out.
- Wes Mountain
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Tim Wilson sold his house after election campaign safety fears
The shadow treasurer was targeted for the third time in nine months by the same far-right activist on Thursday after a federal election he says was so toxic it changed political culture for the worse.
- Angus Delaney, Rob Harris and Alexander Darling
ABC’s Michael Rowland sells Yarraville home for $2.47m at auction
The renovated house on a double-fronted block netted the high-profile journalist and his wife nearly $200,000 more than the reserve.
- Jim Malo
Screams, then a jump: ‘Miracle’ fire escape as woman leaps from balcony
A mother and her teenage daughter were hospitalised after a blaze ripped through a townhouse in Melbourne’s south-east overnight.
- Cassandra Morgan
Moving from a Melbourne unit to a house gets six times harder in a generation
Melbourne house prices may have softened, but the price gap between buying a unit and a house has more than doubled in a decade, making it even hard for upsizers.
- Alexandra Middleton
Family buys Pascoe Vale South house for $1.665m. It last sold for $320,000
The price for the four-bedroom property increased more than five times in less than 20 years, records show, as more than half a dozen buyers vied for the keys.
- Alexandra Middleton
First home buyers outbid investors, nabbing $1.931m Fitzroy North terrace
A parent bidding on behalf of a first home buyer couple outbid three other buyers, including an investor, during a competitive auction.
- Alexandra Middleton
Man charged with murder and attempted murder after fight at Bentleigh East home
A man is dead and a woman is fighting for life in hospital after an altercation in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs.
- Melissa Meehan and Ashleigh McMillan
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- Life in the ’burbs
My big hug of a suburb never wants for anything. Who cares if it’s boring and bland?
My suburb’s secret sauce is its solidity. What the younger me saw as boring and bland, I now recognise as reassuring, comfortable and privileged.
- Jacquie Byron
Comedian Rhys Nicholson’s ‘maximalist’ home sells for $842,500 after auction
The Coburg home passed in for $810,000, but soon sold to the highest bidders in post-auction negotiations.
- Jim Malo