Melbourne’s median house price dipped 1 per cent over the past 12 months ($10,854) but one suburb bucked the trend with a 19.7 per cent boost that saw its median house price soar.

A rare bloom with a pungent odour like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital – the nation’s third such extraordinary flowering in as many months.

Auction volumes are picking up pace after the holiday lull, with 1,399 homes going under the hammer last week-a significant ...