Worsening affordability for houses, tight supply in the high density housing sector and increased first-home buyer demand could fuel upturn in the sector.
The proportion of vendors desperate to offload properties jumped to 20 per cent in some mortgage belt areas as owners struggle to meet higher mortgage repayments.
The intensely private Zammit family have been the proud owners of a sprawling 20,000sqm property in Quakers Hill, in Sydney s west, for decades and have refused to sell to developers.
Australia s property experts have shared what they think really went down during the nail-biting season finale of The Block - after winners Omar and Oz were accused of planting a dummy bidder .