Dad buys $2.9m Marrickville house for daughter minutes after first viewing

Dad buys $2.9m Marrickville house for daughter minutes after first viewing

The Bellevue Hill father inspected the four-bedroom house for the first time just half an hour before the auction on Saturday morning. The guide was $2.2 million.

  • byKristy Johnson

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Isla Fisher sells $1m Sydney home that she bought for $171,500

Isla Fisher sells $1m Sydney home that she bought for $171,500

The actor is preparing to hand over the keys to her only Australian property – a New York-inspired art deco apartment she bought at 19.

  • byEmily Power
The type of Sydney property you should have bought a decade ago

The type of Sydney property you should have bought a decade ago

Conventional wisdom says property prices double every 10 years. But when is that true,and when is it far from reality for home owners?

  • byElizabeth Redman
‘It’s very disheartening’:Sydney’s median house price hits record $1.65m

‘It’s very disheartening’:Sydney’s median house price hits record $1.65m

High interest rates and affordability pressures are taking a toll on buyers,but not enough to push Sydney property prices lower.

  • byTawar Razaghi
First home buyer’s clever $1000 bidding tactic wins $1.2m Bondi Beach pad

First home buyer’s clever $1000 bidding tactic wins $1.2m Bondi Beach pad

Three young singles bid for the chance to live a short walk from the sand,even though a quirk in the paperwork may have locked out others.

  • byCarmen Forward
Luxurious Sydney home that doesn’t even exist yet fetches $61.7m
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Luxurious Sydney home that doesn’t even exist yet fetches $61.7m

Get in quick:there are only five left,they’re nearly in the same stratosphere as James Packer’s bachelor pad,and they eclipsed a Rich Lister garbo.

  • byLucy Macken
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Collette Dinnigan’s former Paddington home sells for $12.1 million

Collette Dinnigan’s former Paddington home sells for $12.1 million

The four-bedroom home sold for almost three times what the fashion designer paid for the cottage in 2009 to a local family who were looking to upsize within the suburb.

  • byKristy Johnson andTawar Razaghi
Interactive calculator:How much you need to borrow to buy in each Sydney suburb

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

Exclusive analysis shows how unreachable Sydney’s property market has become for first-home buyers – and it’s even worse than you think.

  • byKristy Johnson andElizabeth 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
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
Investor outbids first home buyers for $855,500 Coogee one-bedder

Investor outbids first home buyers for $855,500 Coogee one-bedder

The tightly held home,which had a $780,000 price guide,was on the market for the first time in 56 years and is just 250 metres from Coogee Beach.

  • byKristy Johnson