With Greater Sydney’s median apartment price exceeding $860,000, many first-home buyers are being priced out of their preferred locations, leading to a trend for buyers to ‘postcode pivot’ to secure a home. 

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The Zammit family of Quakers Hill, long held up as folk heroes for standing firm against Sydney’s relentless urban sprawl, have found themselves at the centre of a very different storm – one that cuts to the heart of modern suburbia’s values. 

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Brigit Karstrom and her husband, Matthew Smith, had always been curious about the three-storey property called Casa Del Disco, across the road from their unit on Sydney’s busy Parramatta Road. 

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As property prices continue to climb across Australia, a new PropTrack analysis has revealed a “sweet spot” of 80 affordable suburbs where buyer interest is rising fast – with a catch. 

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Technology has reshaped industries across the globe, yet real estate in Malta has often lagged behind. The process of searching, listing, and managing properties has remained stubbornly traditional, even as consumer expectations have shifted. A new homegrown platform, Darscover, is positioning itself as Malta’s first PropTech company to bring artificial intelligence, automation, and advanced search technology into the heart of the property market. 

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“There’s been a clear shift away from purely commercial buildings to residential, mixed-use and green spaces,” says Sarah Divaris, Boxwood Property’s chief operating officer. As one of the leading female forces influencing the future of the city centre, she has overseen several successful commercial developments, including transforming the old Shell House in Lower Burg Street into a vibrant, community-inspired office block, Boxwood’s The Box. 

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Immigrants are far more likely than native Finns to rent their homes, even when their income levels would normally point to ownership. 

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The Chancellor wants to tax landlords via National Insurance on rental income in a move that could raise over £2bn for the Government, it is reported. 

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Adelaide homeowners once had to hold onto a property for decades before they reaped the rewards of any meaningful growth. 

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Home values have fallen over the past three months in a handful of sea-change and tree-change towns, as regional property market growth overall slips behind the pace of capital cities. 

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