Nila Sweeney

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May 6, 2025 – 5.59pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? When Sydney home owners Felisa Piper and her husband Max decided to sell their house in Roseville, in Sydney’s lower north shore, they knew the election would distract buyers and create uncertainty, so they waited until it was over before putting it to market.

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May 1, 2025 – 7.19pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Home buyers nationwide need to earn $161,247 – 41 per cent higher than the average wage – to afford a mortgage and avoid financial stress as house prices hit a record, Jarden analysis shows.

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May 1, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Home prices nationwide climbed 0.3 per cent to hit a new peak of $825,349 in April, defying jitters over global market turbulence and cold feet ahead of a federal election, data from Cotality shows.

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Apr 24, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Rental affordability has worsened in more than eight out of 10 electorates since the last election, but neither Labor nor the Coalition offer compelling policies to help renters, analysts say.

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Ronald Mizen, Nila Sweeney and Tom RabeApr 23, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Labor and the Coalition face electoral upheaval in traditionally safe seats where housing affordability has deteriorated rapidly, making Millennial and Generation Z voters more likely to turn away from the major parties.