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How far house prices have risen since the last time rates were this high (opens the original)
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The last time the cash rate was this high, it cost about half as much to buy a house. Housing wasn’t as expensive relative to incomes, households didn’t have so much debt, and house prices were about to boom as rates dropped. The Reserve Bank on Tuesday increased the cash rate to 4.6 per cent to quash stubborn inflation. Last time interest rates were higher was in October 2011, when the central bank held steady at 4.75 per cent, before making a series of cuts from the following month. In October
The prestige Melbourne suburb where house prices have fallen by $2m (opens the original)
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Toorak’s median house price has fallen 36.8 per cent from its peak, after the suburb recorded its sharpest single-year drop on record. Higher interest rates, cost of living, changes to the tax treatment of investment properties and a looming Victorian election are being blamed for stopping vendors and buyers in their tracks and pushing prices down. Toorak’s median house price peaked at $5.8 million in March 2024, Domain data shows, and has fallen more than $2 million to reach a median price of $
The suburbs where home owners can’t afford their mortgages (opens the original)
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Stressed home owners are considering selling up and buying a smaller property, are purchasing with their parents, or are asking to extend the number of years on their mortgage to reduce the amount they have to pay off their home loan each month. Home owners in outer suburban Sydney and Melbourne mortgage belt suburbs have been hit hard by interest rate rises and dominate a new list of home loan arrears hotspots, and are looking for creative ways to make ends meet. Some owners are falling behind,
Historic inner Melbourne home passes in, then sells for $3.315 million (opens the original)
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A historic Georgian-style house in Richmond, one of the first to be built in the suburb, passed in at auction on Saturday after two bids. It sold shortly after for $3,315,000. The three-bedroom home at 14 James Street, which dates to circa 1864 and had undergone a full renovation, sold for the vendor’s reserve price, which was within the $3.2 million to $3.5 million advertised price guide. The property was one of 627 scheduled to go to auction in Melbourne last week. By Saturday evening, Domain
Clinker brick classic in popular school zone fails to sell (opens the original)
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A three-bedroom “clinker brick classic” home in the popular McKinnon school zone passed in on a vendor’s bid of $1.55 million at auction on Saturday. One of the two expected bidders, both developers, made an offer of $1.58 million after auction for 265 McKinnon Road, but it wasn’t enough to seal the deal. The home is now available for its reserve price of $1,645,000. The property was one of 570 scheduled to go to auction in Melbourne last week. By Saturday evening, Domain Group recorded a prelim
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