One-bedroom waterfront apartment fetches $785,000 at auction

One-bedroom waterfront apartment fetches $785,000 at auction

Two fierce bidders battled it out for the Port Melbourne pad,which overlooks the historic Princes Pier,sending the sale price well above reserve.

  • byAlexandra Middleton

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Downsizers outbid families for $1.5m house that last sold for $288,000

Downsizers outbid families for $1.5m house that last sold for $288,000

Three bidders took part in a competitive auction for the four-bedder with a published reserve price,which the agent said had helped to drive competition.

  • byJim Malo
Victorian local elections 2024:Greater Melbourne candidates speak out

Victorian local elections 2024:Greater Melbourne candidates speak out

Local election candidates across Greater Melbourne have responded to The Age’s survey. Read what the candidates in your area plan to do if they are elected.

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Nillumbik Shire Council:What your candidates said

Nillumbik Shire Council:What your candidates said

Voters in Nillumbik will choose seven people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

  • byCara Waters andRachael Dexter
Where we live:The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods
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Where we live:The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods

In this series,The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.

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‘Feeling of serenity’:Melbourne’s most profitable suburbs for home owners

‘Feeling of serenity’:Melbourne’s most profitable suburbs for home owners

There are some areas where home buyers risk reselling their property for less than they paid – but not here.

  • byElizabeth Redman
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Beach cottage smashes its reserve and changes hands for $3.9 million

Beach cottage smashes its reserve and changes hands for $3.9 million

A large crowd defied the cold to watch four bidders vie for the two-bedroom Williamstown home,which had been in the one family since it was built 60 years ago.

  • bySarah Webb
‘Love it out here’:What it costs to live in Melbourne’s top suburbs for wellbeing

‘Love it out here’:What it costs to live in Melbourne’s top suburbs for wellbeing

The wellbeing factor of suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health,environment,jobs and income. But it comes at a price.

  • byElizabeth Redman andAlexandra Middleton
Merrick Watts’ simple rule during Eltham pub fights:‘Grab the till and run’

Merrick Watts’ simple rule during Eltham pub fights:‘Grab the till and run’

Once Eltham was an “amazing dichotomy between ruthless bogans and the arts”. Nowadays,the leafy suburb is fighting not to look like everywhere else.

  • byClay Lucas
Coburg house clears price range with one bid,sells for $850,000 at auction

Coburg house clears price range with one bid,sells for $850,000 at auction

Young couples vying for the Berry Street home didn’t mess around – the first bid was $20,000 more than top of the quoted price range.

  • byJim Malo
Future of Victorian Premier’s History Award in doubt

Future of Victorian Premier’s History Award in doubt

A top history prize bearing could soon be a thing of the past,as historians raise alarm over the loss of grants they say will endanger the future of record-keeping,heritage overlays and genealogy research.

  • byBroede Carmody