Jul 10, 2026 – 8.00pmSydney first home buyers Rohene Chatterjee and Kiran Joy feel like they’ve got a bargain after securing a five-bedroom townhouse in the city’s west for $1 million, about $50,000 less than comparable properties were selling for a few months ago.“We definitely feel like we were lucky enough that we entered at a good time. The property that we secured, if it was the seller’s market, we wouldn’t have bought it for a million,” Chatterjee told AFR Weekend.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Lucy SladeProperty reporterLucy Slade covers real estate for The Australian Financial Review, based in the Sydney newsroom. She was previously the breaking news reporter.Fetching latest articles
‘A good market’: First home buyers and upsizers win as prices fall
Softening markets in Sydney and Melbourne worry many home owners and their lenders. But there’s a silver lining for buyers who are picking up bargains.
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