Peter Farago

New research reveals how much a rare window opens for first-time buyers in Geelong as changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts hits renters in the hip pocket.

Victoria’s largest housing co-operative is looking to increase its stock of homes in Geelong provided at rents affordable to low to moderate income earners, as the market stares at a future reality where home ownership is out of reach for a growing number of people.

A Geelong developer bemoans months of government silence over plea for tax breaks to unlock a Geelong apartment project creating 477 rental homes.

Geelong braces for new growth as fuel crisis revives remote work

A family’s 77-year ownership of a Geelong West cottage has ended with fierce bidding between two buyers who previously lost out on another property in the same suburb.

Geelong houses have crossed a new price threshold after values jumped $47,000 in the past year, driven by interstate investors and first-home buyers.

There’s a cloud over the future of former prime minister’s Alfred Deakin’s historic Point Lonsdale home, after it failed to sell at auction.

A chance holiday discovery led to this tightly-held bayside suburb’s most expensive house sale in nearly two years.

Geelong’s most prestigious suburb loses its million-dollar status for first time since 2021 amid an 18.8 per cent median price drop in a year.

The unlikely areas that have become Geelong’s most in-demand suburbs as buyer’s agents flood the market with over-the-top offers that could price out local buyers.

A 30-year-old Geelong builder has claimed a national award for transforming a Federation-era Drumcondra home while preserving its heritage character and ornate features.

Affordability and family appeal drive experts to predict two Geelong suburbs in the top 100 hot spots tipped to deliver property returns in 2026.

A $102m development is set to transform one of Geelong’s last true riverfront parcels into a luxury residential precinct, with the first 18 homes now hitting the market.

Geelong’s property market is heating up with homes in key suburbs now selling twice as fast, as investors and first-home buyers compete for properties under $700,000.

Geelong Cats great Tom Hawkins’ farm might have every club administrator outside jealous, but it’s a comprehensive property that hasn’t missed out on the finer things in life.

Home loan pre-approvals double in a key Geelong corridor as a spike in active buyers leads experts to ponder whether it’s now a seller’s market.

Homeowners want to unlock backyards, bulldoze or build on in-fill sites in planning applications before Geelong’s council. See the suburbs set for building boom.

The best parts of Geelong to buy at the bottom of the property cycle and bank future gains are revealed in exclusive PropTrack data.

An unrenovated mid century house in Hamlyn Heights has sparked a buying frenzy to be snapped up in its first week on the market.

Buyers have paid $100,000 above expectations for a rundown Geelong West character home requiring major renovations near Pakington St.