Elizabeth Redman
Elizabeth Redman is the national property editor at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Price cuts loom for Block houses that failed to sell at auction
The discounts raise the prospect that two couples from last season’s show could walk away empty-handed.
- Elizabeth Redman
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‘Really rattling buyers’: Why the auction market just sank
Property prices are likely to keep falling this year as buyers pull back, experts say, but that doesn’t apply to every type of home.
- Elizabeth Redman
The lowball tactics home buyers are using to try to nab a bargain
Last weekend was a key test for the property market, with a high volume of homes for sale and buyers showing scant FOMO.
- Elizabeth Redman
The type of Melbourne homes that are passing in at auction
Some properties are struggling to attract interest as mortgage costs rise and buyers fret about the health of the global economy.
- Elizabeth Redman
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Sydney property sellers to be forced to advertise price guides
In a new crackdown, penalties for property underquoting will rise to three times the selling agent’s commission and buyers will be offered price guides.
- Elizabeth Redman
Where it’s cheaper to buy a home than rent – or almost the same price
Potential home buyers may be better off buying their own home than renting. But they need to know where to look.
- Elizabeth Redman
Why more home owners just decided to sell their properties
More owners have put their homes up for sale than at this time last year, and the extra supply could dampen price growth.
- Elizabeth Redman
Billionaire plans $38.5m renovation of $100m-plus Melbourne mansion
The pharmaceutical titan’s proposed double-storey extension would contain another five bedrooms and living spaces, while the basement would be expanded too.
- Elizabeth Redman
The Melbourne suburbs with the best chance of auction success
In some Melbourne neighbourhoods, almost every home taken to auction is being sold under the hammer.
- Caroline Zielinski and Elizabeth Redman
WA’s rental crisis in numbers: Rents outpace wage growth at alarming rate
Western Australia is leading the nation for soaring rents, with new research revealing prices have climbed by two-thirds over the space of five years.
- Cameron Myles and Elizabeth Redman