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Shock data: Brisbane now more expensive than Sydney at entry-level - realestate.com.au
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (1277+ words) First published 8 Feb 2026, 6:00am Brisbane is now tougher for first homebuyers to break into than Sydney, with fewer properties under $500,000 than the world's second most expensive city. In a stunning reversal for a "big country town' that was once the great…...
‘Extinction’: key Aus home market about to collapse
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (878+ words) First published 8 Feb 2026, 5:30am With competition at auction still fairly strong, nabbing a home for under $750,000 is getting difficult in most major capitals. Picture: Monique Harmer Decades of explosive growth in home prices have ruptured the bottom rung of the Australian…...
Sydney’s sub-$500,000 homes vanishing, new data shows
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (897+ words) First published 8 Feb 2026, 5:00am A unit in this Mount Druitt block recently sold for $440,000. Mount Druit is one of the last remaining areas with deals below $500,000. Sydney's entry level housing market is collapsing after years of runaway growth in prices, with…...
Melbourne: How to find a house for under $750,000
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (1080+ words) First published 8 Feb 2026, 5:00am Analysis of 2025 real estate sales by property technology and research platform Found It found almost half of Melbourne homes sold for $750,000 or less that year. Melbourne has staked a claim as the nation's best capital for first-home…...
The 16 Aussie towns where house prices have soared 700pc
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (942+ words) Updated 4 Feb 2026, 6:39am First published 4 Feb 2026, 6:00am Homeowners who were savvy enough to buy in 16 locations across the country 25 years ago have made a motza " with prices rocketing more than 700 per cent. New analysis by Propertyology has run the numbers using data…...
Wyndham Vale home with Wizard of Oz mural sparks bidding frenzy
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (573+ words) First published 3 Feb 2026, 9:00am 345 McGrath Rd, Wyndham Vale, featured an unusual Wizard of Oz mural in the back yard on the garage wall and fence. An eight-bidder auction frenzy has propelled a Wyndham Vale home with an intriguing Wizard of Oz…...
House prices surge as intense buyer competition grips Brisbane auction market
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (597+ words) First published 3 Feb 2026, 12:57pm 15 Bowles Street, Mount Ommaney, attracted 20 registered bidders A two day auction event has proven that FOMO is just as fierce across Brisbane as it was during the pandemic property boom, as buyers compete for limited housing stock....
New data exposes Adelaide housing crisis for young buyers
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (592+ words) Tom Bowden, Property Journalist First published 1 Feb 2026, 12:30am New data has revealed just how difficult first-homebuyers are finding it entering the market. Data from FOUNDIT " a property market research company " that analysed agent-advised residential property sales recorded throughout 2025 has shown a…...
Record SA house price rise revealed in latest quarterly data
1+ week, 1+ day ago (835+ words) Tom Bowden, Property Journalist Updated 31 Jan 2026, 12:30am First published 30 Jan 2026, 2:59pm In a revelation that's likely to make homeowners rejoice, and hopeful househunters lament, South Australia's statewide and metropolitan median house values have both climbed $50,000 over the past three months to record…...
Vaucluse home of beloved Sydney restaurateur Wolfie Pizem listed
1+ week, 2+ day ago (551+ words) Updated 29 Jan 2026, 2:15pm First published 29 Jan 2026, 1:45pm The late Wolfie Pizem at his restaurant at The Rocks in 1996. The Mediterranean-inspired Vaucluse "masterpiece" of a beloved Sydney restaurateur and his wife has just hit the market. Wolf "Wolfie" Pizem " behind the Coachman in…...