Interactive calculator:How much you need to borrow to buy in each Melbourne suburb

Interactive calculator:How much you need to borrow to buy in each Melbourne suburb

Exclusive analysis shows just how out of reach Melbourne’s property market has become for aspiring homeowners on average incomes.

  • byJim Malo andKristy Johnson

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In major U-turn,Canada to cut immigration,cop population decline

In major U-turn,Canada to cut immigration,cop population decline

Since his election in 2015,Justin Trudeau has planned to steadily increase immigration levels. The thinking was “Canada needs more people”. What has changed?

  • byAmanda Coletta
Retail mogul knocks down mansion,hopes to sell land for up to $4m more

Retail mogul knocks down mansion,hopes to sell land for up to $4m more

Houses on Brighton’s Golden Mile sell for millions of dollars,but well-heeled buyers might be willing to pay more for no house at all.

  • byElizabeth Redman
Vaucluse house that kicked off tech billionaire’s woes sold for $15.1m

Vaucluse house that kicked off tech billionaire’s woes sold for $15.1m

The six-bedroom house wasn’t a good investment for WiseTech Global’s chief,by any measure,but it did at least return a whopping capital gain to the wife of drug dealer Mark Chikarovski.

  • byLucy Macken
‘Stunning scenery’:Victorian tree-change towns where house prices doubled

‘Stunning scenery’:Victorian tree-change towns where house prices doubled

House prices don’t always double in a decade,but they have in several tree-change towns where buyers are moving for a better lifestyle.

  • byShona Hendley
‘Highly beautiful’:NSW sea change towns where house prices doubled

‘Highly beautiful’:NSW sea change towns where house prices doubled

House prices don’t always double in a decade,but they have soared in some of the hottest coastal lifestyle destinations.

  • byCarmen Forward
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You thought 2024 was tough. IMF warns of more troubles ahead

You thought 2024 was tough. IMF warns of more troubles ahead

Both the IMF and Deloitte Access Economics are warning the new economic year is unlikely to be much better than the current one.

  • byShane Wright
So owning a home long term is always lucrative? It’s not

So owning a home long term is always lucrative? It’s not

Even though booming property prices have delivered countless sellers windfall gains,others are left holding assets for years that fall in value.

  • byShona Hendley
Sydney family pays $6.18m to live on coveted Golden Mile

Sydney family pays $6.18m to live on coveted Golden Mile

The six-bedroom,six-bathroom home close to private schools includes an eight-car garage,along with a cinema room and a swimming pool.

  • byCarmen Forward
Once-in-a-generation Hawthorne home sells to renovators for $2.8 million

Once-in-a-generation Hawthorne home sells to renovators for $2.8 million

A local family muscled out developers to buy the rare mid-century home that had remained in the same family for 83 years. Meanwhile,in Camp Hill,a young family popped a bottle of bubbly to celebrate with their new neighbours after a long search.

  • bySarah Webb
Young man outbids seven others for $2.2m Thornbury retreat – $381,000 over reserve

Young man outbids seven others for $2.2m Thornbury retreat – $381,000 over reserve

The clinker-brick,three-bedder features a vine-clad pergola and an open fireplace,and benefited from some well-timed updates.

  • bySarah Webb