Keyword "median house price" - List of latest news (103 results)

18:59 Warning house prices could soar by $100k

The Greens have warned that house prices could soar by over $100,000 next year as both the major parties throw everything but the kitchen sink at first home buyers.

22/04 ‘Ridiculous’ reason cafe can’t fill $150,000 job

Would you work as a cafe manager for $150,000?

19/04 Wild clip shows exploding suburb

An amazing timelapse video capturing an entire suburb spring up around the home of a Sydney family who refused to sell has shown why there’s “not another place like it” in the city.

17/04 Stubborn Aussie holdouts finally cash in

For forty years, a block in Perth’s southern fringe remained untouched.

17/04 Simple question that left Dutton speechless

OPINION

11/04 ‘Drastically reversed’: Aussie city ‘shrinking’

ANALYSIS

10/04 Sad reality behind 28yo’s home ownership

A hardworking teacher has revealed how a family tragedy was her only chance at becoming a homeowner, proving Australia’s housing crisis is out of control.

24/03 ‘Sucked in’: Aussie reveals big regret after buying first home

Eight years ago, Aaron Duff and his partner bought their first home using the First Home Buyer’s Scheme, a decision he regrets.

18/03 OnlyFans star’s ‘shameful’ act in rich suburb

Residents in the affluent Sydney suburb of Mosman are up in arms after a giant advertisement featuring a scantily-clad young woman kneeling on a bed was seen driving up and down the main road on Tuesday.

18/03 Ritzy Melb suburb overrun: ‘Horrendous’

The median house price here is $2.6m and the beach is a short walk away. It’s a dream suburb for 11 months of the year.

12/03 ‘What’: Couple earning a combined income of $200,000 still couldn’t afford Sydney

An Aussie couple with a combined income of $200,000 still couldn’t afford to buy a home in Sydney through a real estate agent.

14/02 ‘Outsider’: Dark side to new Aussie trend

It’s official: The Aussie dream is dead.

09/02 ‘Domino effect’: 25-year-old Aussie reveals how she owns three homes

A 25-year-old has revealed that she’s already bought three homes and has attributed her success to what she swears is a “domino effect”.

07/02 ‘29-year-old woman reveals how she bought in Sydney without help

A New Zealander has made a surprising claim about getting into the Australian property market after starting out with “no expectations” she’d ever be able to afford it.

06/02 ‘Saved diligently’: Peter Dutton’s ‘first home at 19’ advice ripped apart

Peter Dutton says he “saved diligently” to be able to buy his first home at the age of 19.

29/01 Aussie family hit property pay dirt with sale to developer

A family who held off developers have hit property pay dirt, selling a deceased estate for $11 million.

28/01 Young mum reveals why she feels ‘shame’ over not being able to buy a home in 2025

A young Aussie mum has tearfully revealed why she feels “shame” that she and her husband can’t afford to buy a home.

25/01 ‘Messed up’: 33yo reveals why she has no desire to own a home

A 33-year-old woman has revealed she has no desire to own a home, revealing a grim 2025 reality for young people.

23/01 ‘Forever shut out’: Awful Aussie truth

When it comes to the attitudes of Australian politicians toward housing since World War 2, it’s been quite the rollercoaster ride of different approaches.

23/01 ‘It killed me’: Family’s house sale reveals downsizing trend

The housing crisis in Australia has reached a fever pitch and, now, a downsizing trend has erupted that used to only be reserved for retirees.

20/01 74 beachside suburbs where you can buy a house for under $1m

Houses in nearly 80 beachside suburbs across the country can still be bought for less than $1m, new figures reveal.

08/01 ‘Lowest point’: Renter’s desperate attempt the moment he knew he couldn’t afford his mortgage

Callum James was earning $80,000 annually when he was forced to take drastic action just to pay his mortgage.

06/01 ‘Creative’: Young Aussie reveals drastic plan to dodge housing crisis

A young Australian has exposed the depth of the housing crisis by documenting her move into her new living space.

01/01 Surprising: 2025’s 10 best home investment hotspots

With an ever-changing housing market, some of the best places to invest are in places you might not expect.

01/01 Major blow for homebuyers in 2025

Cost of living pressures and higher interest rates have squeezed more home buyers into cheaper housing markets, leading to a dramatic rise in entry level prices across major capitals.

30/12 Record year of housing handouts, changes by Aussie governments

Never in Australia’s history has so much been handed out to help taxpayers have homes, with record financial leg-ups going as high as $56k for the average first home in one state.

29/12 Slither of hope for first home buyers

First-home buyers might get a brief window of opportunity to buy in a depressed market before interest rate cuts spur on housing growth in the second half of 2025.

08/12 You’re $1m richer if you live in these areas

Affordable Aussie suburbs have dominated the list of the nation’s top performing housing markets, many piling on an incredible 50 per cent of their value in just 12 months.

05/12 Invest here: 44 suburbs you can afford on the average wage

From Ripley on the outskirts of Brisbane to the coast of Perth and a booming Sydney satellite suburb, there are more than 40 locations nationwide investors on an average income can afford.

03/12 Tradies branded new ‘lawyers, doctors’ in Aus

Tradies are so in demand across the entire country right now that they have essentially become the new “lawyers and doctors” — that’s according to entrepreneur and property expert Eric Machado.

02/12 Median home prices in every state

The priciest and most affordable states in the country to buy a home.

02/12 ‘It was all farmland’: Stubborn homeowners praised for holding firm as developers offer $60 million

A stubborn Sydney family who watched as an entire suburb was crammed in around their massive property have been praised for holding firm even as developers offer as much as $60 million.

16/10 How to solve Australia’s housing crisis

State governments and city councils need to implant more high-density housing options to roll back Australia’s tightening supply crisis, a leading business group has warned, and the New Zealand city of Auckland could show them how.

06/10 Ray White economics: Aussie suburbs with the most to gain from a rate hike revealed

Aussie homeowners across more than 1800 towns and suburbs could be set for a house price bump as high as $71,000 within a month of an interest-rate cut.

05/10 Record number of new Aussie millionaires

The number of Australian suburbs with a $1 million median price for either houses or apartments has reached a new record high, according to new CoreLogic data.

04/10 House prices Australia: 1257 suburbs with $1 million average prices

Australia’s relentless house price growth has pushed another 200 suburbs into the exclusive “million-dollar club” or areas with median house values above $1m.

23/09 One conversation at a bank reveals just how hard it is to buy

On paper, this young couple should be in the perfect position to buy.

18/09 ‘Crazy fees’: Horror housing trend takes off

A woman’s heartbroken phone call to an ABC morning breakfast show exposed how dire the housing crisis has become.

05/09 Mum of four reveals her housing crisis nightmare

In a desperate attempt to save for a house deposit, a single mum has moved in with her friend to shoulder the cost of living.

03/05 Best suburbs to buy in if you’re a parent

Accessing quality education is front of mind for families deciding where to live amid the cost of living crisis.

22/04 ‘Can’t swing a cat’: Photo of new houses exposes Australia’s shameful failure

Tens of thousands of new homes being built in urban sprawl corridors of Australia’s biggest cities are so cramped that you couldn’t actually swing a cat between them.

21/04 $3m house sale proves city is unaffordable

A Sydney home that prospective buyers weren’t able to physically inspect because it was missing almost all its roof has sold for close to $3m.

08/04 Sydney house appear cut in half

A six-storey apartment building in Sydney has left its neighbour looking like he has half a house, with the elderly owner standing his ground against property developers.

02/04 The new Sydney: Unlikely city crowned Australia’s hottest property market

Within hours of being enlisted to sell a modest three-bedroom home recently, real estate agent Paul Curran had found a buyer for it – an investor from thousands of kilometres away, who snapped it up sight unseen.

31/03 Eye-watering salary you need to buy a house

Australians wanting to buy a house are facing a brutal uphill battle, with the annual salary needed to be able to comfortably service a mortgage reaching sky high levels.

28/03 Grim map plotting the least affordable housing markets in the world includes three Aussie cities

A depressing map revealing the least affordable housing markets in the world includes three Australian entries, with one city ranked second-worst globally.

20/03 Eye-watering salary you need to buy a house

Australians wanting to buy a house need 1.6 times the average income to avoid falling into housing stress, new analysis has revealed.

11/03 ‘It doesn’t have a future': The plan to save Sydney from itself

Sydney has a major problem.

19/02 Disturbed sister slept with brother’s rotting corpse for 5 years in home of ‘utter filth’

Her brother went missing a number of years ago but when the woman was arrested on an unrelated matters, his bloody skeleton was removed from the stinking home.

09/02 Ex David Jones boss snaps up $36m mansion

The ex-boss of David Jones has just purchased a new piece of property for a cool $36 million.

05/02 The once-vibrant Sydney suburb critics say is now ‘boring’ due to rich NIMBY boomers

A newspaper article characterising an affluent inner-Sydney suburb as “boring” and controlled by NIMBY boomers has sparked fury online.

02/02 7 regional towns being slammed by Sydneysiders

When it comes to housing affordability, young people are often told to move to regional areas or interstate where housing is more affordable.

01/02 Bank’s shocking house price prediction

Australian house prices are set to reach record heights this year, according to the biggest bank in the country.

31/01 ‘Won’t work’: Rich NIMBY’s apartment spray

An award-winning Australian writer has slammed NSW’s moves to build apartments in wealthy suburbs, claiming it “won’t turn back the clock” or improve housing affordability.

24/01 ‘Stupid’: Sandilands’ message to rich mates

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is on the cusp of axing tax cuts to the rich and he has an unlikely ally in one of Australia’s most highly paid celebrities.

22/01 Why Irish people are flocking to Australia

Tens of thousands of Irish people were approved to live and work in Australia in 2023 sparking concern at home – but those who made the move aren’t looking back.

19/01 Insane wealth on this unassuming street

A stroll down Wolseley Road in Point Piper offers not much more than any other innocuous Sydney street.

15/01 What is the most expensive street in Australia? Top 100 revealed.

The most expensive street in Australia has a median price of $23,755,000.

11/01 Rental shortage eases in December

Australia’s chronic shortage of rental properties eased slightly in December, yet the number of homes available remains near record lows.

11/01 Real estate agent’s housing crisis solution

A cluster of “abandoned” outback homes could help solve Australia's housing crisis, a real estate agent has claimed.

09/01 Kochie’s savage warning to Boomers

Younger generations are getting the “short end of the stick” as a result of soaring interest rates but older generations have been spared the pain, according to David “Kochie” Koch.

09/01 Vulnerable family homeless after letter drop

A homeless family-of-four has been evicted after a resident from an affluent Brisbane suburb dropped a note in neighbours’ letterboxes, claiming the family posed a threat to community safety.

14/12 Big bank’s grim house price prediction

Three property experts have made their predictions for what Australians can expect from the property market in 2024.

13/12 Why hordes of people are fleeing Sydney

Living in Sydney has become a financial nightmare and the ever-rising cost of housing, food and bills is forcing more and more people to call the city quits, new data shows.

11/12 ‘Stunning failure’: Finance expert Alan Kohler’s dire warning about Australia’s housing market

Australia’s housing system is fundamentally broken and a “stunning failure of public policy” is to blame, creating a “national calamity” that’s damaging the country’s social fabric.

23/11 Wild price for studio with fold-down bed

Tucked away inside a sweet terrace on 1 Goodhope Street, Paddington is an unexpected studio apartment without even the space for a full-time bed.

21/11 Six-figure income behind Australian dream

New research has revealed the stunning six-figure salary needed by Australians to buy a home comfortably.

10/11 Proof Baby Boomers have lost their power

In the almost 80 years since the Baby Boomer generation began in 1946, Australia has seen the rise – and now decline – of their power.

03/11 Common landlord move that’s totally illegal

Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn help a man whose landlord threatened to up his rent because he asked for repairs.

19/10 Ritzy suburb over run by unlikely group

COMMENT

12/10 Shell of a Sydney house that ‘could collapse at any moment’ set to fetch a pretty penny

The derelict shell of a Sydney house that could collapse at any moment and has a tree growing in the middle could fetch a pretty penny when it heads to auction later this month.

27/09 Chart every Boomer needs to see

In Australia, there’s one topic that arguably generates the most heated debate of all: the issue of housing.

21/09 Way to make $266,000 in a recession

There are very few ‘free rides’ when it comes to money, but investing with equity is pretty much as close as you can get.

15/09 Real cost of owning a private island

It’s the ultimate status symbol, but the reality of owning your own private island may be a little different to what most ordinary Australians expect.

08/09 Surprising catch with $500k beach house

A four-bedroom home in an enviable location on NSW’s Central Coast is selling with a price guide of just $490,000, and one big catch.

02/09 Sorry Sydney but Aussies are choosing the Gold Coast

Aussies are leaving the major cities and moving to rural and regional areas for a warmer climate and cost of living relief.

15/07 Twist in Andy Lee’s luxury $5m renovation

Several of Andy Lee’s neighbours have reportedly thrown their support behind his multimillion-dollar luxury Melbourne renovation amid claims of backlash among locals.

30/06 Big change coming for first-home buyers

Massive changes are in store for first-home buyers in NSW from July 1, with the government announcing people can skip paying hefty stamp duty fees certain properties.

16/06 Homeowners receive mysterious letters telling them to give away summer homes for free

A mysterious group is targeting the suburbs they blame for Australia’s rental crisis and over the weekend they hit a new affluent area.

16/06 Aussie reveals real ‘cause’ of housing crisis

Aussie filmmaker Jack Toohey, who went viral last week with a video showing how much easier it was to buy a house in 1983, has released a follow-up pinpointing what he says is the “cause” of the current crisis.

16/06 Neighbours’ fury over Aussie star’s $5m plan

Several neighbours of popular comedian Andy Lee are enraged at his plans to turn his heritage listed house into a plush dream home.

08/06 ‘I didn’t get cappuccinos’: Boomer hits back

Talkback radio callers have demanded an end to “boomer bashing” in the debate over home ownership, with one woman saying she was able to buy a house because she “scrimped and scraped” and “didn’t get cappuccinos”.

07/06 Angry notes left in ‘rich’ suburb’s mailboxes

Residents in an affluent Australian suburb woke up to find a strange note left in their mailboxes demanding they give away all their properties for free.

01/06 Brand new home littered with defects

A notorious Australian housing inspector has recently completed what he’s calling one of the worst handover inspections he’s seen.

19/05 Disaster looming in Australian housing market

ANALYSIS

19/05 Aussie suburbs where home prices will fall

Property prices would plummet by hundreds of thousands of dollars in some Aussie suburbs over the next five years while rising in others if recent market trends continued, new data suggests.

05/05 Chinese buyers to snap up Aussie homes

New data analysing Australia’s property market trends in the last three months has revealed foreign investors are dominating the country’s real estate scene, but it’s not for the reasons you may expect.

27/04 Big bank’s ‘surprise’ over house prices

Despite fears that house prices would plunge in Australia, unexpected factors have taken one major bank’s economists by “surprise” with predictions the property market is destined for a quicker recovery.

25/04 Major bank’s big call on house prices

Despite warnings of more rate hikes and weakening economic conditions, Westpac has predicted that the house price slump will not be as bad as feared.

13/04 Woman left ‘shaking’ after developer letter

A Queensland couple’s “heartbreaking” experience has left them without their dream home after the developer legally and properly invoked a termination clause in the contract, which they claim has now left them $200,000 worse off.

29/03 5m wide house in Sydney sells for $10.5m

A Sydney home has sold for an eye-watering $10.5 million despite being just five metres wide.

28/03 Sydney clifftop mansion sells for record price

A clifftop Sydney mansion that had been on the market for almost two years has sold for $18.45 million, breaking all local house price records by more than 30 per cent.

28/03 Bid at packed Sydney auction stuns buyers

EXCLUSIVE

24/03 ‘Stress’: Rental crisis to continue for years

With around one-third of all Australians trapped in the rental market, warnings have been issued that skyrocketing rents and ultra-low vacancy rates are going to continue to smash tenants for years to come.

09/03 Grim reality of great Australian dream

Another interest rate rise has come as bad news to aspiring homeowners, with the Australian dream slowly becoming more myth than reality.

09/03 Major bank makes call on interest rates

Interest rates rose for the tenth consecutive time in March – hiked by 0.25 per cent taking them to a decade high of 3.6 per cent – and now the first major banks have responded.

07/03 ‘Great pain’: Interest rates to rise again

All four major banks have tipped that interest rates will rise by another 0.25 per cent but there are warnings that Australians will be feeling “great pain” from the decision to hike them for the tenth time in a row.

07/02 Boomers triggered by satire news article about buying a home

Is there anything more satisfying than out-of-touch Boomers falling for a satire post making fun of out-of-touch Boomers? Probably not.

06/02 Millennial fury over boomer financial advice

A retired baby boomer has sparked outrage after suggesting to young people that they give up eating out and updating their mobile phones so they can afford to buy a home.

20/01 Sad reason Jackie O sold dream home

Superstar radio host Jackie O Henderson has sold her Woollahra “forever” dream home for about $13m, $2m more than she paid for it in 2020.

12/01 ‘Garbage’: Renter’s scathing letter to PM

A renter on the NSW north coast who has been living in his car for five months has written a scathing letter to the Prime Minister amid soaring rental prices – and was directed to welfare agencies in response.

02/01 ‘Distressed sellers’: House prices dive for ninth month

House prices have tumbled for the ninth month in a row as interest rate increases take a bite out of the property market.

02/01 What will happen to house prices in 2023

Experts are divided on whether house prices will continue to take a battering in 2023 or if they will rise by up to 12 per cent as the threat of interest rate hikes dies down.