Celine Dion drops price of Jupiter Island retreat - again
Celine Dion has almost halved the asking price for her extraordinary oceanfront Florida property to US$38.5 million (AU$51 million), in a sale through Sotheby's International Realty.
LJ Hooker boss Grant Harrod resigns as listing shelved
The chief executive of LJ Hooker, Grant Harrod, has resigned as the real estate giant shelves plans for a $400 million listing on the Australian Stock Exchange.
One in five Australian households will struggle if interest rates rise 0.5%
Australian households are living on a knife-edge, with record levels of debt, record slow wages growth, and the expectation of higher interest rates, warns new research from Digital Finance Analytics.
More Australians lumped with mortgage later in life
Because they are delaying the purchase of their first home, more Australians will have a mortgage later in life, according to The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Mortgage holders should review their home loans after a number of lenders imposed out-of-cycle interest rate rises, says John Kolenda of mortgage broker 1300HomeLoan.
Cate Blanchett has (another) buyer for Hunters Hill home
Cate Blanchett and her playwright husband Andrew Upton have sold their Hunters Hill trophy home, Bulwarra, for a second time, after the first sale to a Chinese buyer fell through.
A survey of industry participants shows confidence in the property sector is at a two-year high, despite the prospect of higher interest rates and the slowing trend in building approvals.