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Kerry Packer’s $25m retreat atop Toft Monks claims Elizabeth Bay record
Kerry Packer’s long-time confidant Julie Trethowan looks to have reset an Elizabeth Bay apartment record. Elsewhere, Paul Keating has reshuffled his local portfolio, and guess who bought a $44 million pad in Barangaroo?
- by Lucy Macken
Holly Valance to kiss LA mansion goodbye for $126 million
The former Neighbours star and her British billionaire husband Nick Candy are set to shift from their Los Angeles mansion, an art deco 10-bedroom estate complete with guest house.
- by Emily Power
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The asking price has increased on this $66 million sandpit in Los Angeles
In high-end real estate, it’s all about the address - even for a dust bowl connected to a Colombian billionaire that just got much more expensive.
- by Emily Power
The unexpected hurdle for first home buyers after saving a deposit
They’ve put together a deposit, got a home loan approved and are counting the cost of rising interest rates – but many potential buyers aren’t prepared for the next challenge.
- by Kate Burke
Therese Rein sells Noosa cottage to Gina Rinehart, makes $3 million in six months
Two of Noosa’s most high-profile trophy home owners have done a deal on a beach shack, leaving Therese Rein – Kevin Rudd’s wife – $3 million richer in six months.
- by Lucy Macken
Surry Hills cottage in need of a reno snapped up for $1.35 million at hot auction
Nineteen buyers turned out to compete for the two-bedroom renovator’s delight, undeterred by a falling property market and soaring building costs.
- by Kate Burke
First home buyer beats investors for $771,000 Altona North house at auction
Six bidders fought for the stylishly renovated home, a mix of downsizers, investors and first home buyers trying to get into the market before the next rate rise.
- by Melissa Heagney
Kerry Packer’s $25m retreat atop Toft Monks claims Elizabeth Bay record
Kerry Packer’s long-time confidant Julie Trethowan looks to have reset an Elizabeth Bay apartment record. Elsewhere, Paul Keating has reshuffled his local portfolio, and guess who bought a $44 million pad in Barangaroo?
- by Lucy Macken
‘I don’t know what to do’: The Melbourne suburbs where rents have risen most
Rents have risen in the majority of Melbourne’s suburbs over the past year, offering little respite to priced-out tenants searching for affordable options.
- by Melissa Heagney
Neon lights illuminate carefully crafted Japanese-style restaurant
Melbourne isn’t Tokyo, but Japan’s dynamism is present in a new Collins Street restaurant offering.
- by Stephen Crafti
‘Definitely a landlords’ market’: The Sydney suburbs where rents have risen most
Sydney tenants are facing sky-high costs, with median rental prices in some suburbs increasing by hundreds of dollars a week over the past year, and there could be more pain to come.
- by Kate Burke
Holly Valance to kiss LA mansion goodbye for $126 million
The former Neighbours star and her British billionaire husband Nick Candy are set to shift from their Los Angeles mansion, an art deco 10-bedroom estate complete with guest house.
- by Emily Power
‘Ridiculous prices’: Regional rents in NSW up 30 per cent since start of pandemic
Locals face displacement and homelessness, agents say, as they compete with city escapees who have bigger budgets.
- by Tawar Razaghi
‘Gone up astronomically’: Rents spike in regional Victorian towns
Regional households are facing higher rent prices or being forced to move away from their community, after many landlords sold their properties to owner-occupiers from Melbourne or converted them to short-term holiday rentals.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Tawar Razaghi
Inside the $65 million to $70 million Melbourne mansion that will shatter price records
Multi-millionaire buyers can finally get a look inside the Melbourne mansion that is the most expensive home ever for sale in Victoria.
- by Emily Power
‘Renters are getting smashed’: Melbourne house rents reach record highs
Tenants are being to asked pay $10 a week more to rent a house and unit rents have surged $20 a week in recent months, according to Domain data that shows cost-of-living pressures are compounding.
- by Melissa Heagney
‘Extremely challenging’: Sydney house rents jump 19 per cent since pandemic began
Rents have risen at about five times the pace of wages as households struggle with the rising cost of living – and more housing stress could be on the way.
- by Tawar Razaghi
‘Just like The Castle’: The apartment owners under siege in their own buildings
Private companies are seeking access to apartment blocks through a legal loophole – and experts say there is little owners can do to stop them.
- by Sue Williams
Jump in houses for sale that offer cut-price home energy bills
It can be tricky to find one close to the centre of the city, but look a little further afield and there are more and more options for home buyers hoping to avoid bill shock.
- by Elizabeth Redman
This California home has a library but it’s not for dusty old books
The unusual library in this $29.5 million-home is no dark, basement afterthought, as you might expect. Instead, it is bathed in light through full-height windows and doors, edged in steel.
- by Emily Power
Mascot Towers owners settle with developer as founder buys $20 million Vaucluse home
As Mascot Towers apartment owners count their losses on the damaged building, the founder of Aland Developments has settled on his own home real estate, paying $19.5 million for a house in Vaucluse.
- by Lucy Macken
From hills to coast, Perth suburbs see sales growth jump
Demand for property in Perth remains high with overall sales up nearly 20 per cent and it’s Dayton and North Fremantle that are leading the charge.
- by Sarah Brookes