Donvale Suburb Profile
Donvale is located immediately east of Doncaster East, about 24 kilometres from the CBD.
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Doncaster and Doncaster East Suburb Profile
Surprisingly close to the city via the Eastern Freeway, Doncaster is a hilly suburb located about 17 kilometres east of the CBD.
Read moreDingley Village and Springvale South Suburb Profile
Dingley Village is wedged between Dandenong and the Moorabbin Airport, about 30 kilometres south-east of the CBD, along the Princes Freeway.
Read moreDiamond Creek Suburb Profile
Diamond Creek is located about 28 kilometres north-east of the Melbourne CBD, past Heidelberg, Rosanna and Greensborough.
Read moreDelahey, Sydenham and Taylors Lakes Suburb Profile
Delahey, Sydenham and Taylors Hill are relatively new suburbs located about 25 kilometres north-west of the CBD, along the Tullamarine, then Calder Freeways.
Read moreDandenong and Dandenong North Suburb Profile
Dandenong is a satellite city and major industrial hub located about 36 kilometres south-east of the CBD, and accessed either by the Princes Highway or Monash Freeway.
Croydon, Croydon Hills, Croydon North & Croydon South Suburb Profile
Croydon is a quiet suburb located about 35 kilometres east of Melbourne, at the foothills of the Dandenongs.
Read moreCranbourne, Cranbourne West, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne North Suburb Profile
Cranbourne is one of Melbourne’s largest “self sufficient” townships, located about 50 kilometres south-east of the CBD.
Read moreCraigieburn, Mt Ridley, Roxburgh Park and Mickleham Suburb Profile
Craigieburn has become integrated into metropolitan Melbourne care of major new infrastructure, and developers building new home estates in the Mt Ridley, Roxburgh Park and Mickleham which all shaer the same postcode (3064).
Read moreCoburg and Coburg North Suburb Profile
Coburg and Coburg North are still considered two of Melbourne’s most under-valued suburbs, located between 8 and 12 kilometres north of the CBD.
Read moreClifton Hill and North Fitzroy Suburb Profile
Clifton Hill refers to the part of North Fitzroy east of Queens Parade, west of the Yarra River and north of the Eastern Freeway.
Read moreCheltenham Suburb Profile
Cheltenham is located about 21 kilometres south of the CBD and is surrounded by bayside suburbs to its west and south.
Read moreChelsea, Chesea Heights and Edithvale Suburb Profile
Chelsea and Chelsea Heights are bayside suburbs located about 40 kilometres south of the CBD.
Read moreChadstone Suburb Profile
Not just the home of Australia’s most successful shopping centre, Chadstone, about 17 kilometres south-east of the CBD, was one of Melbourne’s better performing suburbs last year.
Read moreCarrum, Carrum Downs and Patterson Lakes Suburb Profile
Carrum is an affordable bayside suburb, located about 40 kilometres south of the CBD, via the Nepean Highway.
Read moreCaroline Springs, Deer Park and Burnside Suburb Profile
Caroline Springs is one of Melbourne’s newest, and often joked about suburbs, located about 25 kilometres west of the CBD.
Read moreProperty Price Underquoting – Advice for Agents and Buyers
Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) has developed new guidelines for real estate salespeople and a fact sheet home buyers in response to industry and public concerns about property price underquoting.
Residential Real Estate Forecast for 2008
Industry experts unanimously agree the recent surge in real estate values in Melbourne is unsustainable.
Read moreCarlton and Carlton North Suburb Profile
Carlton is located immediately north of the Melbourne CBD, and is bound by North Melbourne and Parkville to the west, Carlton North to the north and Fitzroy to the east.
Read moreFormer ASX Building at 357 Collins Street Back on the Market After 15 Years
It was once the heart of the citys financial centre, and is said to occupy the best position on Collins Street. But for almost fifteen years, the former Australian Stock Exchange Melbourne headquarters at 357 Collins Street has sat derelict and vacant.
Read moreCanterbury Suburb Profile
Canterbury is consistently Melbourne’s most expensive eastern suburbs, according to quarterly research released by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria.
Read moreWaterfront Mansion to Smash Williamstown Record
A 1970s double fronted, double-storey brick veneer is expected to smash the record as the most expensive pile of real estate in Williamstown.
Read moreCamberwell Suburb Profile
Camberwell is recognised as one of Australia’s most classically beautiful suburbs, located at the centre of Melbourne’s leafy east.
Read moreInvesta Buys Botanicca Corporate Park Development Site in Richmond
Investa is believed to be formalising a deal to buy the last two development sites at the Botanicca Corporate Park in Richmond.
Read moreBurwood and Burwood East Suburb Profile
Home to Deakin University’s biggest campus, Burwood is located about 16 kilometres east of the CBD, and is land locked by Camberwell and Glen Iris to the west, Surrey Hills and Box Hill to the north, Ashwood and Mount Waverley to the south.
Read moreBundoora Suburb Profile
Bundoora is located about 20 kilometres north of the CBD, and is bound by the suburbs of Thomastown to the west, Mill Park to the north, Watsonia to the east and MacLeod to the south.
Read moreMacquarie Direct Property Fund Buys Queens Road Building
Macquarie Direct Property Fund has revealed itself as the buyer of the former Zurich office building at 71 Queens Road.
Read moreBulleen Suburb Profile
Bulleen is an quiet suburb located north of Balwyn North, on the eastern banks of the Yarra River.
Read moreYarra Valley Farms Leases Office Warehouse Building in Yarraville
Yarra Valley Farms has leased a 2800 square metre office building and warehouse in the inner-western suburb of Yarraville.
Read moreTelstra Crams Workers in New Clayton Building
Telstra’s decision to relocate around 4000 employees to the outer south-eastern suburb of Clayton, will blow out vacancy levels in several suburban office markets from 2009.
Read moreBrighton and Brighton East Suburb Profile
Brighton is Melbourne’s most expensive bayside suburb and is the only suburb outside of Toorak to record consistent home sales of greater than $10 million.
Read moreWill Foster’s Sell its Abbotsford Brewery?
Foster’s move raises speculation it will eventually offload its iconic CUB Brewery site, which sits on 9 hectares of riverfront land overlooking Kew’s Studley Park. Industry insiders are divided about whether this will happen.
Read moreBox Hill Suburb Profile
Located about 13 kilometres east of the CBD, Box Hill has become a lot more accessible since the Whitehorse Road tram extended to the Box Hill Central railway station.
Read moreWhat to Look for in a Property or Investment Scheme
It was an accident waiting to happen.
In one corner, cashed up and trusting investors wanting to get the best returns out of their savings.
In the other corner, sales people for a property scheme, posing as financial advisers – earning a commission from every dollar they can get you to invest.
Read moreBlackburn, Blackburn North and Blackburn South Suburb Profile
Blackburn is an understated eastern suburb about 15 kilometres east of the CBD, and just east of more exclusive suburbs Surrey Hills, Mont Albert and Box Hill.
Read moreMelbourne’s Northern Suburbs Boom
While much of the industry’s attention of late has focused on Melbourne’s blue ribbon suburbs – record prices are being achieved in other parts of Melbourne as well.
Read moreBlack Rock Suburb Profile
Black Rock is a bayside suburb about 20 kilometres south-east of, and one of the only south-eastern bayside suburbs where the streets inland from the beach, fetch more than those on Beach Road.
Read moreBerwick, Narre Warren, Beaconsfield Suburb Profile
The township of Berwick has undergone monstrous change over the last 20 years, and for a period was the fastest growing municipality in Victoria, and one of the fastest in Australia.
Read moreEureka Tower Wins Australian Property Institute Award
Grocon’s controversial Eureka Tower picked up the highest gong at the Victorian division of the Australian Property Institute’s Excellence in Property Awards Gala Dinner held last week at Crown Casino.
Read moreBentleigh, Bentleigh East, Ormond and McKinnon Suburb Profile
Bentleigh and Bentleigh East are located about fifteen kilometres south east of the Melbourne CBD, and are surrounded by Brighton East to the west, Carnegie, Murrumbeena and Hughesdale to the north, Oakleigh South to the east and Moorabin to the south.
Read moreThe Rise and Rise of South Yarra
Stylish, well dressed, well fed and well loved, South Yarra has been a magnet for Melbourne’s bourgeoisies ever since it established as a suburban retreat from town in the mid 1830s.
Read moreAirport West Suburb Profile
Possibly the least inspiring suburb name in Australia, Airport West is located about 12 kilometres north-west of the Melbourne CBD.
Read moreAlbert Park Suburb Profile
Albert Park (which includes the precinct known Middle Park, which shares the same 3206 postcode) is an exclusive inner-city suburb located about 3.5 kilometres south-west of the Melbourne CBD.
Read moreFairfield & Alphington Suburb Profile
Fairfield (and Alphington, which shares the same 3078 postcode) is a riverside suburb about 6 kilometres north-west of the CBD.
Read moreAltona Suburb Profile
Altona is a bayside suburb about the same distance to the Melbourne CBD as Brighton – as the crow flies.
Read moreArdeer Suburb Profile
Ardeer is one of Melbourne’s smallest suburbs by geographical area, occupying only a few square kilometres about 20 kilometres west of the CBD.
Read moreNew Record for South Yarra Home?
An as yet undisclosed purchaser is believed to have broken the record for a house price in South Yarra.
Read moreArmadale Suburb Profile
Armadale is one of Melbourne’s most understated and elegant suburbs.
Read moreJohn Brumby Cashes in on Stamp Duty From Sale of Former Home
Victorian State Treasurer John Brumby can expect to collect more than $52,000 in stamp duty from the sale of a Footscray home he used to live in.
Read moreAscot Vale Suburb Profile
Ascot Vale is in inner-city suburb about 6 kilometres north-west of the Melbourne CBD.
Read moreAshburton Suburb Profile
Ashburton is a leafy suburb about 14.5 kilometres south east of Melbourne.
Read moreAshwood suburb profile
Seventeen kilometres south east of Melbourene, Ashwood is bound by Ashburton, Burwood, Mount Waverley and East Malvern. Its nearest train
Read moreBalwyn & Balwyn North Suburb Profile
The leafy suburb of Balwyn, and the neighbouring suburb of Balwyn North, are located about 16 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD.
Read moreBayswater and Bayswater North Suburb Profile
The suburb of Bayswater and neighbouring suburb of Bayswater North are located about 35 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD.
Read moreTen suburbs to watch this spring
THE Spring sale season has begun!
And with real estate prices just shy of their 2001 peak, Spring 2006 might be the season for new records.
Where do industry insiders say we should be looking?
Read moreBeaumaris Suburb Profile
The bayside suburb of Beaumaris is located about 23 kilometres south of the Melbourne CBD, around the 115 hectare Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary and Beaumaris Bay – a small part of Port Phillip Bay.
Read moreThe Rise, Fall and Rise of Geelong
Spirits are high in downtown Malop Street at the moment, and it’s not just because the Geelong Football Club won the 2007 AFL Premiership Cup (though history has shown that when the Geelong economy is doing well, so too is its football club).
Read moreRental Crisis Spurs Property Investor Boom
Melbourne’s 284,000 renting households are finding themselves caught between a rock and a hard place.
On the one hand vacancies for rental properties are at an all time low 1.7% – and landlords know it. This is especially true in inner city suburbs such as Carlton, Richmond and South Yarra, where vacancy is just 1.5%.
Read moreMore Women Buying Property
Footloose and fancy free female seeks accountant, bank lender and real estate agent – for date with financial security.
That’s right, girl power is ripe in Melbourne’s real estate game, and it’s a trend that doesn’t look like slowing any time soon.
Agents say the days of women waiting for a man to get into the property market are gone. Waiting for blokes, especially those that have their act together, costs money – and smart girls aren’t waiting around to watch opportunity pass them by.
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