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'A sharp change': Ballarat home values slide faster than Geelong and Bendigo (opens the original)
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Ballarat home values are sliding faster than the regional Victorian average in September, but an economist says the city is far from a housing free fall. The city's median prices of houses and units have fallen for four consecutive months, with the city recording a further one per cent drop last month to $630,476. The median house value fell by $7195 in September to $658,031, while the median unit value dropped by $1131 to $439,614. Ballarat Real Estate general manager Allister Morrison said reg
Inside the life of an 80-year-old Ballarat court volunteer Marie Davey (opens the original)
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At 80, Marie Davey is volunteering at Ballarat Law Courts, helping people navigate some of the hardest moments of their lives. For the past seven years, the former teacher has dedicated two days a week to a free community support service Court Network after retiring from education. "I thought I still had a bit of life in me. I wanted to do something working with people," she said. "I had been looking at something to do with courts. I didn't know a lot about courts. I hadn't ever been to court."
Fuel prices nearly triple in 25 years as Ballarat households face squeeze (opens the original)
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Petrol prices have nearly tripled in nominal terms over the past 25 years, with Ballarat residents saying filling up has become "a struggle". A litre of unleaded at the city's same service station has risen from 81.3 cents in 2001 to 223.3 cents today, as Australia's cash rate reaches a 15-year high. By comparison, Ballarat's average weekly household income roughly doubled from about $600 to $700 in 2001 to $1429 in the latest available Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census data from 2021
Renovated 1860s Ballarat East home tops weekly sales at $1.13m (opens the original)
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A striking red-brick Victorian reborn with a bold modern extension found a buyer just two days after its first open house in Ballarat East. The $1.1375 million sale at 138 Eureka Street topped Ballarat's property market for the past week, according to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV). McGrath Real Estate Ballarat agent Matt Skinner said it was his best open home in months. "I had 19 groups through the first open home on Saturday, and we had a deal agreed within two days," Mr Skinner
How a derelict Soldiers Hill rebuild became a $2m architectural showcase (opens the original)
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Behind a historic Victorian facade, a modern luxury rebuild in Soldiers Hill hit the market at auction, drawing a crowd of more than 40 people on AFL grand final public holiday morning. But with a multimillion-dollar price guide, no bidders raised their hands at the scene. Ray White Ballarat auctioneer Mark Williams said the property had already attracted conditional interest, but the prospective buyer was unable to bid on the day. "It's an amazing property. The owners completed a full renovatio
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