Australia has 13 million spare bedrooms. Is there a better use for them?
A combination of factors is preventing empty nesters from downsizing, doing little to help alleviate housing affordability and free up homes for growing families.
- by Tawar Razaghi
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Sydney and Melbourne have ‘absolutely turned into buyers’ markets’
Properties are taking longer to sell and with bigger discounts, as vendors struggle to get a deal done in the same frantic fashion as last year.
- by Tawar Razaghi
First-home buyers, experts welcome plans to phase out stamp duty
Aspiring homeowners in Sydney have welcomed Dominic Perrottet’s proposal, as have experts who say it will encourage better use of housing.
- by Tawar Razaghi
‘Overpaid a tiny bit’: Doctors spend $3.295 million on Lane Cove first home
They outbid a dozen others at the auction where buyers were reluctant to place bids from beginning to end.
- by Tawar Razaghi
The ‘blue nomads’ who sold their home to WFY (work from yacht)
Instead of commuting to work, the pandemic inspired one Australian couple to undertake the ultimate sea change.
- by Tawar Razaghi
They’re in between a house and a unit, and they’re going up everywhere
Duplexes have exploded in popularity in Sydney thanks to priced-out house hunters and builders looking for better profit margins.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Two units in same Marrickville block sell $500,000 apart at auction within an hour
The young buyers of the more expensive property were relieved just to have bought under their budget, securing the keys for $1.54 million.
- by Tawar Razaghi
One of the last places you can land acreage in Sydney – if you’re willing to fight for it
They may be 40 kilometres west of the CBD but the once semi-rural suburbs of Leppington and Austral are some of the last areas buyers can find acreage in the harbour city.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Expat drops $1.95 million on old Erskineville post office unit conversion
The buyer had seen the property for the first time this week and was among a dozen registered buyers interested in the rare home with plenty of character.
- by Tawar Razaghi
The Sydney neighbourhoods where property buyers can find the biggest discounts
A string of popular regions are offering some of the biggest discounts on homes for sale, as the property market turns in buyers’ favour.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Renters slugged with $150 extra in home energy bill costs per year
Tenants spend about 8 per cent more on electricity than similar owner-occupied households, new research found, begging the question: why?
- by Tawar Razaghi