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This is the first weekend of auctions following the federal government’s announcement to encourage first homebuyers into the market.

First home buyer outbids seven others for $943,000 unit in Mortdale

It’s the first weekend after federal tax concessions were changed, and a young man has just secured the keys to his first home.

  • Robyn Willis

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Karey and Ray Payne with twins Sam and Josh who are selling their house in Allambie Heights.

‘A gem for people’: The Sydney suburbs where homes are selling fastest

It typically takes more than four weeks to sell a Sydney home, but some properties across in-demand regions are trading quicker.

  • Kate Burke
Areas with sizeable house price drops between stations.

Mind the (price) gap: Where Sydney home buyers can save big by moving one train stop

A few extra minutes of commute time can slash hundreds of thousands of dollars off property prices - if you know where to look.

  • Kate Burke
Mortdale now and then.

‘We don’t want it wrecked’: The fight to save a slice of Sydney suburbia

Residents of Mortdale are up in arms over proposed changes to building heights, but business owners have a different view.

  • Billie Eder
A four-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after falling out of an apartment window in Sydney's south. Paramedics went to a home on George Street at Mortdale just before 2pm on Friday after reports that a child had fallen about eight metres from the window.

Boy, 4, taken to hospital after falling from unit window in Sydney

Paramedics went to a home on George Street at Mortdale just before 2pm on Friday after reports that a child had fallen about eight metres from the window.

  • Georgina Mitchell
Breakfast sambo

Short Black Panther

This hip suburban cafe is just what the doctor ordered.

  • Megan Johnston