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The bright yellow kitchen at 70 Cooper Street

Bungalow in family for generations sells to developer for $1,845,000

The vendors were thrilled with the result for the three-bedroom home, while the buyer is looking to build townhouses.

  • Wes Mountain

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The corner block at 241 George Street, which passed in on Saturday on a single bid.

Inner-city terrace sells for $1,255,000 after passing in on a single bid

The well-located corner block property sold in post-auction negotiations on Saturday for its reserve, as buyer confidence wanes. The vendor will stay in the suburb.

  • Wes Mountain
The three-storey block of flats. Can an old idea be new again?

To fix housing, we must try something radical. Here are three ideas to shift the dial

Australia already has more homes than households. It’s just that too many of our homes cannot house the people who need them.

  • Tone Wheeler
Buyers have the opportunity to bid in an increasingly weak market.

Know your ‘walk away price’: How to make the most of a weak auction market

Property prices are falling and homes are passing in at auction, but buyers who aren’t ready to capitalise risk missing out.

  • Wes Mountain
Auctioneer Elliot Gill at the Richmond auction on Saturday.

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
The open-plan living room and courtyard at 34 Flora Street.

Storybook Erskineville house sells for over $1.92m to local first home buyer

The ivy-covered exposed brick home had been completely transformed after it was purchased for $720,000 in 2019.

  • Carmen Forward
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9 Colton Street, Highgate Hill.

‘A very long road’: Doctor’s call to buy multimillion-dollar Highgate Hill home

Real estate agents said the federal budget had led to more cautious buyers with tighter purse strings, but good properties in top locations were still transacting well.

  • Sarah Webb
The living room and kitchen of 9 Maxweld Street, Ardeer, which sold for $751,000 on Saturday.

‘Solid but needs work’: First-home buyer wins western suburbs house for $751,000

The three-bedroom home with “stumping issues” sold to first-home buyers after a competitive auction between four bidders and a reluctant interstate investor.

  • Shona Hendley
2/73 Westbury Street, St Kilda East VIC 3183

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
Carmel Bell, 64, is renting her house with no hope of owning.

‘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