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Stephen Nicholls

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Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Past articles by Stephen:

Curl Curl and Malabar are Sydney’s best-performing beach suburbs –

Priced out of the iconic surf suburbs close to the city, families are looking elsewhere. → Read More

A month into spring and there’s a vicious cycle – no homes to buy, so no-one is selling

The season is not springing. → Read More

Developer destroys young couple’s dreams as Ryde home sells for $230,000 over reserve –

The young man with the baseball cap was bidding like a winner. → Read More

Sydney house sells for $1.175 million over reserve

A 200-strong crowd watched on in amazement as a family home in Sydney's northern high-end suburb of Longueville sell for $1,175,000 over reserve for $4,925,000. → Read More

The hottest real estate in Sydney: three-bedroom houses up to $1.5 million

The auction market has bounced back in 2016, with demand high for one particular type of property. → Read More

We’re hoping not to work any more, say Redfern vendors after tiny terrace sells

It was a battle between two already-made-it power couples and the young first-home-buyer 20-somethings who missed out. → Read More

That January ‘rebound’ in house prices: why we should ignore it

COMMENT: The ABC was right about something - house prices are important. But it should be careful with January data. → Read More

Homesellers optimistic about February auctions despite price slump

Despite Sydney property prices dropping recently, Meredith Cawthorne is quietly confident her Surry Hills apartment will sell. → Read More

A tale of two cities: Why house prices are falling in Sydney and rising in Melbourne

House prices on the rise in Melbourne, but falling in Sydney? How can this be? → Read More

The house price correction Sydney had to have

What is surprising is that the property market stayed so strong as long as it did. → Read More

Desperation in the air on Sydney’s last auction day of the year

It's the have-to-sells who put their properties up for auction, six days before Christmas, in a falling market. → Read More

Five things we learnt about Sydney property in 2015

It's long been said that it would be near impossible to pick the end of the boom, but from June Sydneysiders knew it was coming. → Read More

Hit and miss for home sellers on spring's biggest auction day

On Sydney's biggest spring auction day of 1100 homes, the prospects of a sale were very much a hit and miss affair. → Read More

Property sellers in last-minute rush to auction

Record numbers of homes in Australia's two biggest cities go under the hammer on Saturday as owners try to catch the end of the boom. → Read More

Misery for many property sellers on gloomy spring auction day

Despite a slight improvement in the clearance rate, sellers were still struggling to find buyers. → Read More

Canberra property market on the rise as demand drops in Sydney and Melbourne

Sydney and Melbourne property markets are heading south but experts say it's all up in Canberra. → Read More

Plummeting auction clearance rate brings reality check for Sydney property market

Westpac's lifting of interest rates has brought a major reality check for Sydney's property market → Read More

The best new properties for sale around Australia

Domain's picks of the cream of the crop from around the country. → Read More

Honeymooners fly in from Beijing for Golden Week to buy a house in Sydney

The honeymooning couple had flown in from Beijing for golden week aiming to buy a home, but lost out to some Australian Chinese who lived around the corner. → Read More

The best properties around Australia this week

"Claremont" is a 1910 plantation-style three-storey home with views across Rushcutters Bay to the city skyline, Harbour Bridge and Opera House. → Read More