Property market
- Opinion
- Property prices
Two big banks have slashed their house price forecasts. The numbers are hair-raising
The signs are difficult to ignore: an avalanche of sellers, increasing levels of stale stock sitting on property portal shelves, and auction clearance rates wallowing around 50 per cent.
- Elizabeth Knight
Latest
Cheltenham home with sauna sells for $2,425,000 to only bidder
A luxury five-bedroom home in Melbourne’s south-east, featuring a custom-built sauna and an outdoor shower, sold to only bidder for $2,425,000
- Shona Hendley
Young family pays $1.41 million for a Hurstville Grove townhouse
A Balmain investor has offloaded a three-bedroom townhouse in Sydney’s south to a young family who bought it at Saturday’s auction for $1.41 million.
- Carmen Forward
Historic Clayfield home defies auction slump with $4.55 million sale
A family of six outbid a 26-year-old to claim the last unrenovated house in one of Brisbane’s most tightly held streets.
- Sarah Webb
Short-term rental crackdown sparks housing row on Sydney’s most famous beach
Short-term rental rules across Australia’s most internationally recognised beachside strips could be overhauled in a move to ease a housing crisis gripping Sydney.
- David Barwell
- Exclusive
- Title Deeds
Businessman to sell $12.5m Point Piper unit to help form car racing team abroad
The sale of Adam Troost’s contemporary property will help fund plans for a team to participate in classic car racing and rallying events in Europe, the UK and the Mediterranean
- Kristy Johnson
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
Unrenovated semi in popular heritage suburb sells for $1.86 million
The auction was over in minutes as two parties with very different strategies vied for the keys to a property that the auctioneer said would normally attract a higher price.
- Robyn Willis
‘Lifestyle appeal’: Blue-chip Sydney suburbs outperforming the rest
The prestige Sydney suburbs recording the strongest price growth in a year are all near the harbour or the coast, except for one in Sydney’s inner west.
- Carmen Forward
- Exclusive
- Title Deeds
Lleyton and Bec Hewitt list grand slam Sydney home for $14 million
The couple is selling the six-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion with a tennis court as it’s now surplus to their jet-setting requirements.
- Kristy Johnson