Young Melbourne buyers are targeting growth suburbs like Craigieburn and Pakenham to get ahead in Melbourne’s tough housing market. Picture: Tony Gough Millennials and Gen Z might have a tougher road to property ownership than their parents, but experts say there are still ways to trade up to even some of Melbourne’s wealthiest areas. You […]
Boomers bought big with little, now younger generations face massive debt just to get in. New data reveals how Melbourne’s housing market has transformed across decades. The Baby Boomers really did have it better when it comes to housing. Shock new figures show that inflation and wage growth has accounted for only a tiny fraction […]
Hayden and Madison Cameron dreamed of a sea change after flipping their first home interstate, but were shocked by Queensland’s soaring property prices. The couple had a budget of $1m, but found homes were about $300,000 more than they would expect to pay for a similar property in their home state of Victoria. They secured […]
34 Balmerino Ave, Toorak, became the biggest sale of Melbourne’s biggest auction week in 2025. Melbourne’s auction market is on the cusp of generational change as the city prepares for one of its busiest starts to winter on record. Yesterday Victoria tackled the bulk of its busiest week under the hammer since spring last year, […]
Australia’s housing affordability crisis has reached code red status as runaway construction costs threaten to permanently lock out a generation of potential homeowners. A new analysis reveals a construction sector in turmoil, with renovation expenses surging a staggering 43 per cent since late 2019 and building material prices remaining stubbornly elevated, sitting 35.4 per cent […]
49 Tallebudgera Connection Road, Tallebudgera, Qld 4228 A well-known Gold Coast mansion on and off the market for more than four years has been crowned the most popular property in Queensland. Billionaire developer Riyu Li’s Tallebudgera estate known as Bellagio La Villa continues to attract attention despite languishing on the market since 2021. Bellagio La […]
New data shows the difference between 1980s price adjusted for inflation in 2025 and actual prices. Hopeful Geelong home buyers are paying substantially more money relative to the cost of everything else than generations before them, alarming new analysis reveals. The exclusive PropTrack research showed home prices were four-times higher than in 1980 once adjusted […]
Hopeful Sydney homebuyers are paying substantially more money for properties relative to the cost of everything else than any recent generation before them, alarming new analysis has revealed – rubbishing claims baby boomers had it harder because of higher interest rates. The exclusive PropTrack study showed current prices were four times higher than in 1980 […]
Ziggy the cat, pictured on the roof of 4 Amazon Place, Werribee, inadvertently helped their owners to an almost $200,000 windfall. A Werribee home sale that had even the auctioneer nervous by the halfway mark, has gone on to raise the home’s price almost $200,000 in fewer than two years. And a homemade cat run […]
A new report has settled the argument of which generation of homebuyer had it the hardest once and for all. Unequivocally, it’s Gen Z. And the outlook for Gen Alpha looks bleak as well. Exclusive PropTrack data has revealed the cost of buying a house or unit in Adelaide today far eclipses what it did […]