Real Estate

  • Renovations that ruin

    The popularity of TV renovation shows is driving more and more people to look for tradesmen to turn their dream house projects into reality.

    May 24, 6:18 pm
  • Terrorised by trouble tenants

    Sadly kindness isn't always repaid in kind, as mum and dad landlords, who've helped those in need, found when their homes were trashed by tenants.

    May 22, 6:18 pm
  • Public housing crisis

    In the midst of Australia's public housing crisis, 'heartbreak hotels' are providing temporary shelter for thousands of families every week.

    May 17, 6:18 pm
  • Australia's cheapest house update

    There's been a development in the case of the $1000 six bedroom home in Melbourne, which was repossessed by the Sheriff and sold off for a ridiculous price.

    May 10, 6:32 pm
  • Bad builder epidemic

    From new houses to renovations, investment properties to private homes, owners are being abandoned by insurers and authorities, left to deal with building disasters on their own.

    May 4, 6:18 pm
  • Greediest landlord?

    A landlord is running what are potentially the most dangerous boarding houses in Australia, and former residents warn others to steer clear.

    May 3, 6:18 pm
  • Family banned from home

    A rogue builder has taken over a multimillion dollar harbour-front mansion, shutting out the family who own it from their own home.

    April 20, 6:18 pm
  • Which cleaners work best?

    Australians spend a fortune trying to keep our homes clean, and the lineup of cleaning products to help us get the job done is seemingly endless.

    April 19, 6:18 pm
  • Renovation nation

    Every year we spend $30 billion fashioning our homes to the latest styles, but when we try to do it ourselves, homes can quickly turn into eyesores.

    April 12, 6:18 pm
  • Nightmare builders

    When you commission a builder to construct your home, it's an act of trust, and while most do the work properly, there are those who cut corners.

    April 10, 6:18 pm
  • Stolen house nightmare

    They say possession is nine-tenths of the law, but unfortunately for one family, it's led to a legal nightmare fight for their home.

    April 6, 6:18 pm
  • Climate change town

    Residents of a coastal community are confused and concerned about their council's plans after a consultancy firm predicted a rise in sea levels.

    April 3, 6:18 pm
  • Family of five forced out

    A family of five has been left homeless because of rising rent and a desperate shortage of public housing, forcing them to live in their car.

    March 30, 6:18 pm
  • Half price homes

    The rising cost of living is behind the drive for a range of new housing schemes that make home ownership more affordable by pushing costs down.

    March 30, 6:18 pm
  • Ten day house

    We know there's a housing crisis and that power bills are getting out of hand, but a revolutionary housing design could solve both of those problems.

    March 22, 6:18 pm
  • Horror neighbour relocation

    Every day residents in a public housing estate deal with burglaries, vandalism and violence, and though they've had enough, they have nowhere to go.

    March 20, 6:18 pm
  • Australia's hottest properties

    In the biggest property survey of its kind, more than 600 suburbs and towns across the nation have been analysed, to work out where our housing market is heading.

    March 16, 6:18 pm
  • Council's land grab

    The owners of waterfront blocks have learned the hard way that title deeds aren't worth much once the council decides they want your land.

    March 16, 6:18 pm
  • Welfare for the wealthy

    In a public housing scandal hundreds of properties that are meant for the needy are being occupied by people earning more than $100,000 a year.

    March 15, 6:18 pm
  • Selling off Aussie land

    As foreign investors buy up some of our best and most productive farmland, the concern is growing over our food security and what the future holds.

    March 14, 6:18 pm

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Doctor leaves two for dead

In a cowardly and callous act, a doctor has left two young people for dead after slamming into their car and driving off in a hit and run incident.

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