Rob and Jacinta Orth have gone from shelling out thousands of dollars a week in rent during Covid to finally having a home to call their own. The couple were renting on the Sunshine Coast when the pandemic hit, but were soon priced out of the area. “We got smashed pretty hard when there were […]
The four-bedroom house at 310 Myers St, East Geelong, goes to auction on May 24. For 13 years, vendors and recent empty nesters Wes and Anita Truscott have called this spacious, converted Californian bungalow in East Geelong home. “Myers St is beautiful,” Wes Truscott says. “The many beautiful homes on wide, tree-lined streets – both […]
Waiting for the perfect rate, the perfect time or the perfect house could cost stubborn Aussies billions, as soaring property prices outpace potential savings from interest rate cuts. New modelling from Aussie Home Loans shows a buyer would spend, on average, an extra $77,000 over the life of their loan if they borrowed in 2026 […]
What would you do with an extra $1200? Plan a weekend getaway? Pay off some debt or some big bills? That’s roughly what an average borrower with a loan of $666,000* will have back in their pocket over the course of a year if the Reserve Bank decides to drop the cash rate by 0.25 […]
A North Adelaide property has a storied history and now you have the opportunity to write its exciting next chapter. Vendors Michael and Shylie bought the 215 Brougham Place property 27 years ago, looking for both space for their family as they upgraded from a two-bedroomcottage in the same suburb, and a project they could […]
Happy bidders at auction on Saturday afternoon. After long-weekends and election interruptions, buyers roared back to auctions spurred by rate-cut hopes ahead of the Reserve Bank meeting. A fiery auction in Alexandria saw a vendor walk away with a $1.6m windfall in just ten years. A freestanding terrace at 30 Phillips St has sold for […]
A series of anticipated rate cuts are set to boost both borrowing power and buyer demand that could lead to a renewed surge in property prices, new data claims. Compare the Market analysis has found that buyers with a household income of $200,000 per annum could see their borrowing power increase by as much as […]
Inside Madonna’s moody $62m home. Picture: Madonna/Instagram Fans have been given a rare glimpse inside Madonna’s $US40 million ($62 million) New York City home. Fashion expert Lyas shared a peek into the “Material Girl” singer’s triple-wide Georgian townhouse on the Upper East Side in a video posted to TikTok and Instagram this week. The pop […]
Home loan repayments could be slashed by up to $700 a month if the Reserve Bank of Australia puts in a double cut on Tuesday, but a reprieve for homeowners could mean a surge in house prices off the back of increased borrowing power. Exclusive analysis from Compare the Market has broken down what homeowners […]
Darwin homeowners could soon have more money in their pockets if the RBA cuts interest rates this month. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin Darwin home loan repayments could drop by up to $230 a month if the Reserve Bank of Australia cuts interest rates this month, but a reprieve for homeowners could mean a surge in […]