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Apartments on the rise

By Caroline Pierce: SYDNEY apartment prices have increased by almost five per cent to an average $416,000 - the first sign of real growth in the market.

Great outdoors

By Mercedes Maguire: PROPERTIES where outside spaces are at least as important as the number of bedrooms and bathrooms are cropping up everywhere.

Rocker sues property agent

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and his wife, Perla,are suing a real estate agent in Hollywood. Check out that story and other celebrity yarns here.

View to a killing

By Mercedes Maguire: A PANORAMIC outlook can add as much as 30 per cent to a home's value, but which views are the most treasured in Sydney?

My first property

MY first property takes a look back at the first house people bought and what they learned from the experience. This week, it's Jackie Milijash.

A super sun catcher

CREATING this light-filled sanctuary in Paddington required careful planning - and a bit of fun - and the goal was all about catching the sun.

Grass castles go for top dollar

THERE'S no doubt there has always been money in the country. Big stations owned by farming families rode out the rough times and made hay when the rain came.

Treechange is new seachange

By Caroline Pierce: LIFESTYLE is the buzz word of the decade in real estate. Check out how the stars create their own personal paradise in the suburbs

Hilton lends name to Miami hotel

NICKY Hilton, heiress to the Hilton hotel billions, is continuing the family tradition by lending her name to a hotel project in Miami.

Space-age living

By Fiona Gillies: ANYONE who grew up with space-age cartoon The Jetsons will remember assuming we'd all be living in disc-shaped houses in the sky by now.

Best homes in the land

ATOP a 1918 gunpowder store in Balmain, an imposing wood and glass home faces south across Sydney Harbour. We take you to some of NSW most prized homes.

Life's a beach at Bondi

IF anything is considered a sure bet in Sydney real estate it's property in beachside Bondi. Auction clearance rates beat average and rental vacancy is low.

Life's a beach house

NICOLE Kidman shelled out $4m for a 3000sqm compound at Rosedale on the NSW south coast - but a beach house doesn't have to break the bank.

Wing's eye on Bell's view

ACTRESS and edgy fashion designer Melissa Bell has decided to sell her ocean view Central Coast house privately and Roosters star Craig Wing has his eye on it.

Breathing life into a fairytale

GOING green at home is one thing, but creating a complete environmentally-friendly home from the ground up is the next step.

Getting renos right

By Bronwen Gora: WHILE doing up a dump may be one of the best ways to beat the property market and make a profit, the biggest pitfall is over-capitalising.

Blue is the new hue

"BLUE, I love you." Joni Mitchell wrote those words back in 1971 but she could just as easily have been singing about 2007 and the coming seasons.

Go west for life on the edge

WHEN you live and work close to the centre of Sydney, it's easy to think that civilisation ends when you get on a freeway with an 'M' in its name.

Island farewell

ON Robyn Berkeley's Scotland Island deck - as rosellas dart by and distant kookaburras call - it's almost impossible to suppress a sigh of pleasure.

Sydney Swan's purchase ... find out where midfielder Amon Buchanan is moving. More

Old church hall sees the light

IF walls could talk, these walls would sing. Once, the glorious sound of a choir rang from the loft as the congregation joined them from below.

Springtime pickings

By Caroline Pierce: SPRING has traditionally been the best season on the property calendar, but 2007 isn't going to plan, with Winter clearance rates defying tradition.

Blamey sheds Sydney base

TERRY Blamey, the manager of singer Kylie Minogue, has sold his Darling Point unit in Sydney's eastern suburbs for $950,000.

Funky loft conversions sell

By Bronwen Gora: FINDING spacious lofts for conversion is becoming harder and harder, but it's worth it as their scarcity has sent prices soaring through the roof.

Fischer's decor delight

By Bronwen Gora: ONE of Katie Fischer's favourite furniture merchants is selling their combined inner-city gallery-style store and residence - La Maison at Leichhardt.