The Morawa home sold for $2000.

Local man buys $2000 house at auction,but there’s a catch

It’s set on 1012 square metres and yes,it comes with the land. But the new owner will definitely need to do a renovation.

  • byEmily Power
First home owners have been hit with higher mortgage repayments.

How high-income earners are coping with higher interest rates

Tree-changing,downsizing,moving back in with parents – even households on solid professional incomes can no longer keep up with mortgages.

  • byElizabeth Redman

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Elwood house prices have slipped.

The prestigious Melbourne suburbs where house prices are falling most

House prices in some of Melbourne’s most exclusive neighbourhoods have dropped as much as 15 per cent over the past year.

  • byAbbir Dib
Juliana successfully bids at an auction in Brunswick in June.

Eddie Perfect and the dad who bought for his daughter:Melbourne’s best auctions of 2024

This year was a buyers’ market in Melbourne as house prices fell,but buyers were still willing to spend big money for the best homes.

  • byAlexandra Middleton
A daughter purchased a $1.75 million villa in Epping at auction on Saturday for her retired mother.

Dad buys $2.9m home for daughter,sellers slash prices:Sydney’s best auctions of 2024

Another dad bought his kid a share house,a Bronte semi fetched $13 million and a Collaroy house increased nine-fold – but not everyone was so lucky.

  • byKristy Johnson
The Morawa home sold for $2000.

Local man buys $2000 house at auction,but there’s a catch

It’s set on 1012 square metres and yes,it comes with the land. But the new owner will definitely need to do a renovation.

  • byEmily Power
Even the most rundown properties attracted multiple offers in 2024 as the housing supply crisis hit hard in Perth.

They’re not fancy – but they’re cheap(ish):Perth’s biggest fixer-uppers of 2024

There has been a trend emerging of real estate agents delivering warts-and-all pitches to offload run-down properties in Perth’s red-hot real estate market.

  • bySarah Brookes
Melbourne property investors are selling up.

‘Straw that broke the camel’s back’:Why Melbourne property investors sold up in 2024

The number of investors selling this spring reached its highest since the boom of 2021,even though the property market is now much weaker.

  • byAlexandra Middleton
First home owners have been hit with higher mortgage repayments.

How high-income earners are coping with higher interest rates

Tree-changing,downsizing,moving back in with parents – even households on solid professional incomes can no longer keep up with mortgages.

  • byElizabeth Redman
The Macquarie Road home topped Melbourne’s luxury sales this year.

Toorak mansion sells for close to $70m in top Melbourne sale of 2024

It’s an early Christmas present for the vendors of the glamorous contemporary home after months of waiting for the right buyer.

  • byElizabeth Redman
WA property,houses,suburbs,housing,pain and gain,property market,prices,home prices. Picture:WAtoday

Pain and gain:Perth’s biggest property winners and losers revealed

Perth home owners made record profits when selling,but there were exceptions,with sellers in one coastal suburb losing hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • bySarah Brookes
The majority of home sellers traded their property for a profit in the past three months.

Where homeowners are selling property at a loss

Most homeowners who sold their properties in the September quarter would have made a profit but a few cohorts would not have been so lucky.

  • byTawar Razaghi
Unit values in a handful of suburbs such as Parkville have been rising.

Melbourne suburbs where priced-out home buyers found the next best thing

Melbourne’s property market has been sluggish,but a handful of suburbs are in demand from buyers chasing lifestyle on a budget.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Unit values are rising in North Bondi.

Sydney suburbs where priced-out home buyers found the next-best thing

Sydney’s property market has been starting to slow down,but a handful of suburbs is in demand from buyers chasing lifestyle on a budget.

  • bySue Williams
Where will Perth property prices go in 2025?

What will Perth’s property market do in 2025? Five experts consult their crystal balls

As we close out 2024,there is an end-of-cycle tearaway boom under way,so what does that mean for house prices in the new year?

  • bySarah Brookes
8 Glenview Court,Underwood:a seven-bedroom mini mansion that smashed the suburb’s house price record when it sold for $2.4 million at auction in December 2024.

Mini-mansion sale smashes suburb record as buyers break budget

While the buyers had set a hard $1.8 million limit,the agent said the home ticked so many boxes they decided to offload a commercial property to get it.

  • bySarah Webb
6/204 Beach Street,Coogee NSW 2034

Eastern suburbs local splashes $3.32m on Coogee pad with knockout views

Six minutes of hot bidding by two locals delivered a windfall for its investor owner,an ex-rugby league first-grader.

  • byCarmen Forward
427 Balcombe Road,Beaumaris VIC 3193

‘Loved the spot’:Family pays $1.9m for rare mid-century modern delight

Four families competed for the character-filled three-bedroom house on a large block,owned by the sellers for about 30 years.

  • byShona Hendley
An 8-star home,which includes solar generation,energy storage and an electric car,can be $6000 a year cheaper to run than other homes.

How home owners can save $6000 a year and stay cool

New modelling shows that spending $25,000 on improving energy efficiency – and driving an EV – can save $300,000 over a 25-year mortgage.

  • byJim Malo
Torquay house prices have soared.

The Surf Coast and Bellarine towns where house prices rose most

Some coastal areas have risen by two-thirds in only five years,but many are on discount compared with the same time a year ago.

  • byAbbir Dib
Byron Bay house prices have more than tripled in a decade.

Beyond Byron:Northern NSW towns where house prices doubled in a decade

Byron Bay’s median house price rose above $2 million,but buyers are chasing a relaxed lifestyle in nearby coastal towns for less.

  • byCarmen Forward
14 Lorgrove Court,Avondale Heights,set a new record sale price for the suburb.

Yarraville home sells for $2.62m in ‘auction of the year’ as Avondale Heights record falls

Two fierce bidders stole the show in Yarraville,trading more than 100 bids between them,while a $3,025,000 sale set a new record elsewhere.

  • byAlexandra Middleton
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