by Konrad Bobilak | Apr 24, 2017 | property
A handful of once-overlooked Melbourne suburbs — some arguably still under the radar — have been rapidly slipping out of reach for a growing number of home buyers. It now costs $570,000 to buy a typical house in Thomastown, where the median was about $440,000 just a...
by Konrad Bobilak | Apr 24, 2017 | property
The dream of owning a home is getting more difficult in Melbourne, where the median house price has hit a record high of $826,000. The city-wide median increased 7.6 per cent in the first three months of this year. It is up $55,000 on December’s figure,...
by Konrad Bobilak | Apr 24, 2017 | property
The average price of a Sydney house sold by private treaty has surpassed the $1 million mark. Figures from the Easter weekend show the median price in Sydney was $1.03 million, up more than 17 per cent from a year ago, property analyst CoreLogic says. It’s the...
by Konrad Bobilak | Apr 20, 2017 | property
Amy Carlson, 33, moved to Sydney from Melbourne seven years ago. Two weeks ago, after witnessing a massive surge in property prices, she moved back – with her partner Jamie Hodgson and son Olli. Having rented a three-bedroom house in Randwick for $1000 a week, they...
by Konrad Bobilak | Apr 20, 2017 | property
Melbourne investors are muscling in on Bendigo’s real estate rental market and adding to the city’s housing stress, a Victorian-first local council analysis reveals. And hundreds of workers moving to Victoria’s second largest regional city for a major infrastructure...
by Konrad Bobilak | Apr 19, 2017 | property
It’s always sunnier in Bendigo. Literally – moisture gets caught on the Great Dividing Range, helping the northern half of Victoria generally stay freer of cloud cover than Melbourne. And few have noticed this more than Kylie Page, who moved to Bendigo one year ago...