Elizabeth Redman

Melbourne

National Property Editor at The Age

National property editor @theage & @smh. Views my own, RTs not endorsements. [email protected] https://t.co/Bc0GRNUBgo

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5 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Elizabeth Redman |Tawar Razaghi
Chemist Warehouse family pays $22.8m for six houses to demolish them

5 days ago | domain.com.au | Elizabeth Redman |Tawar Razaghi

By Elizabeth Redman, Tawar RazaghiJune 1, 2025Can’t find your dream home? In Melbourne’s well-heeled inner east, one option is to buy out your neighbours – and build it. The Verrocchi family, of Chemist Warehouse fame, have bought six adjacent houses in Toorak for a combined $22.83 million and secured a planning permit to build a new residence. They’re not alone as families with the means look to create homes that suit their needs rather than buying someone else’s vision.
Chemist Warehouse Verrocchi family pays $22.8 million for six Toorak houses

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Elizabeth Redman |Tawar Razaghi

By Elizabeth Redman and Tawar Razaghi June 1, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Can’t find your dream home? In Melbourne’s well-heeled inner east, one option is to buy out your neighbours – and build it. The Verrocchi family, of Chemist Warehouse fame, have bought six adjacent houses in Toorak for a combined $22.83 million and secured a planning permit to build a new residence.
How to sell your house for $118,000 more than your neighbour

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Elizabeth Redman

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Houses advertised with sustainable features typically sell for six figures more than their non-sustainable counterparts, as buyer demand for these homes increases.
Suburbs where it’s cheaper to buy a home than rent

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Elizabeth Redman

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Renters in a handful of suburbs will find it’s cheaper to pay off a mortgage now that rents have soared and interest rates are falling. A further string of neighbourhoods offer mortgage repayments on the typical home that are almost as cheap as the median rent in the same area, analysis shows.
The regional towns that are booming, but not because of tree-changers

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Elizabeth Redman

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The regional towns that are booming, but not because of tree-changers

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Elizabeth Redman

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Property investors priced out of the city are flocking to far-flung regional towns in search of more affordable homes and attractive rental returns. Houses can be bought for under $500,000 in some of the most popular destinations for city buyers, and prices are rising at a faster rate than in the big smoke.
Block judge boss Marty Fox lists Toorak family home for up to $13 million

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Elizabeth Redman

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. You shall not covet your neighbour’s house, but what if you just want a piece of their garden? Serial property flipper, The Block judge and Whitefox chief executive Marty Fox has listed his Toorak family home with a price guide of $12 million to $13 million. The Block airs on Nine (owned by Nine Entertainment Co, which also owns this masthead).
Bec Judd finds a buyer for her multimillion-dollar Mornington Peninsula holiday house

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Elizabeth Redman

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Glamour couple Rebecca and Chris Judd have sold their “bush Australiana vibe” holiday house and former renovation project. The stylish country estate in Mornington Peninsula’s Arthurs Seat had been listed with a price guide of $2.85 million to $3 million and was marked as sold online this week. The exact price and buyer will become public on settlement.
‘Stretch themselves to the max’: The risky property trend that’s back

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Elizabeth Redman

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Potential home buyers are already asking their mortgage brokers about borrowing to their maximum capacity again as interest rates start to fall. Optimistic buyers are asking how much more debt they could take on if interest rates fall further, rather than worrying about further rate rises, but brokers are warning against overstretching.