Aidan Devine, The Daily Telegraph Journalist Profile

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Huge price of living in Sydney: how cost of everything compares

1 week ago | realestate.com.au | Aidan Devine |Matt Bell
Sydney blocks with live electricity substations deemed ‘prime’ land

1 week ago | news.com.au | Aidan Devine

Slivers of land occupied by electricity substations are being sold off as “prime” home building sites across parts of Sydney in a move that’s stirred bemused and angry reactions online. The narrow lots are being offered with live green boxes bolted to the ground and easements that allow maintenance workers access to the electricity kiosks for repairs and upkeep.
Sydney blocks with live electricity substations deemed ‘prime’ land

1 week ago | news.com.au | Aidan Devine

Slivers of land occupied by electricity substations are being sold off as “prime” home building sites across parts of Sydney in a move that’s stirred bemused and angry reactions online. The narrow lots are being offered for sale with live green boxes bolted to the ground and easements that allow maintenance workers access to the electricity kiosks for repairs and upkeep.
Agent’s extreme act to sell home with showgirls, Indiana Jones

2 weeks ago | realestate.com.au | Aidan Devine |Matt Bell
Why Trump tariffs will give Aussie homeowners a surprise boost

2 weeks ago | realestate.com.au | Aidan Devine |Matt Bell

Aussie homeowners could get a boost from the global economic chaos resulting from Trump tariffs even if the wider local economy begins to weaken. Economists have revealed homeowners would benefit in two ways if the global economy was to weaken. The first is that their mortgage repayments would likely drop as the Reserve Bank cut interest rates to stimulate the local economy, with the big four banks each expecting four cash rate cuts this year.
Homeowners hit with $4k hidden cost in parts of Sydney

2 weeks ago | realestate.com.au | Aidan Devine |Matt Bell

NewsThey’re the postcodes where homeowners are getting stung with a hidden annual premium of up to $4000 a year – on top of the lofty mortgage repayments and council fees they already pay. And it’s a charge homeowners have little chance of escaping as it’s a condition of their loans. Analysis from Finder.com.au has revealed an alarming rise in home insurance premiums across Sydney, with certain city pockets now insurance money pits where premiums are much higher.
How much home prices grew under each PM, from Albo to Howard

3 weeks ago | realestate.com.au | Aidan Devine |Matt Bell

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s stewardship of the economy has coincided with slower home price rises than most other modern prime ministers – but housing costs relative to wages remain the least affordable in 30 years. A new study has revealed how much home prices have risen each year of the Albanese government’s tenure and how this compared with previous Liberal and Labor governments.
Secrets of bizarre Aussie mansions left to rot

3 weeks ago | realestate.com.au | Aidan Devine |Matt Bell

NewsThey stood for years as haunted relics of forgotten wealth – opulent homes left to the ravages of time. And now some of Australia’s most mysterious abandoned mansions are finding new life, their crumbling facades sold for eye-watering sums in a wave of resales – often at jaw dropping prices.
Big banks’ major threat amid RBA rates decision

3 weeks ago | news.com.au | Aidan Devine

The Reserve Bank kept interest rates on hold as expected at its April board meeting, with May firming among economists as a more likely cutting point. But even with a May cut, homeowners hoping for relief may be left disappointed because lenders may not be as generous in passing it on as they were in February, new analysis shows.
Aussie suburb full of mansions has ‘murder rate’ worse than Colombia, Central America

3 weeks ago | realestate.com.au | Aidan Devine |Matt Bell

NewsIt’s the Aussie beachside town riddled with so much crime, infidelity and accidents that a real estate agency with offices in the area has declared “even Tony Soprano would hesitate to live there”. And yet buying one of the seaside destination’s homes costs an average of more than $3 million, with some properties costing as much as $30 million.