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Less than six months ago, a two-bedroom apartment in Coogee sold for a record-breaking $3.2M. But back in 1909, things were a bit different. Incredible vintage auctions posters provide a window into the world of Sydney real estate over 100 years ago, with swathes of seaside land going under the hammer for next to nothing....

As the dust begins to settle on a turbulent two years, we’ve finally got the data to confirm what we already suspected. The property market went absolutely bonkers during what shall now be known as TCE (The COVID Era). How bonkers? 142% bonkers, to be exact. According to REA Group’s research team PropTrack, since the...

You might have noticed that property prices have skyrocketed over the past 18 months, to the point where a lot of first home buyers are now having real difficulties cracking the market. So how is the government looking at addressing it? Well, a House of Representatives committee (made up of both Liberal and Labor MPs)...

Seemingly every suburb in Sydney has experienced the Justin Hemmes Effect (JHE) by now. Slowly but surely, since taking over the reins at Merivale over twenty years ago, Justin has been building one of Australia’s most successful hospitality empires—with close to 80 pubs, hotels, restaurants and other venues now part of its ever-growing portfolio. In...

A collective sigh of relief could be heard across Sydney last week as an unfamiliar object appeared in the sky. For babies born 16-days-ago, it was the first time they’d seen the mass of light and heat radiating in the sky. ‘We call it the sun’, parents whispered weepily. The stats are in, and they...

There’s a shortfall between the income said property generates and the costs it incurs. The investor’s accounts show being out of pocket as their income doesn’t cover costs, yet they don’t seem stressed about it. In fact, come tax time, they seem particularly relaxed. Why? Tax evasion. Just kidding. The answer is much more legal:...

“They must be making a killing with this place”, said every person who’s ever stayed at a nice-but-seemingly-expensive-for-what-it-is Airbnb in Australia. You take your coffee out to the front porch of your ‘Romantic Farmhouse Orchard Escape’ set on a sprawling property with hectares to spare and start crunching some numbers. ‘What are the overheads, really?’,...

With all the talk of record-breaking property growth throughout 2021, do you know how exactly your suburb and property type performed? Today we’ll show you how to find out in just a few clicks. You’ve probably heard all the talk of national housing values soaring in 2021 – by 22.1%, to be exact. But that...

Whether you’re looking to move or invest interstate, there’re a few things worth taking into consideration before you take the property plunge. Like, for instance, do you have plans to travel between now and 2058? Then take WA off the list. Prefer to wear closed toe shoes to the supermarket? Goodbye QLD. Unphased by politicians...

New Zealand is many things—green, tranquil, mountainous, good at Rugby. But since the pandemic began, it’s also become one of the least affordable housing markets in the world. In just the past 12 months, house prices across the country have soared 30%, with government regulation measures doing little to bring them back down to Earth....