As a basis of comparison, the national average listing price of a four-bedroom, two bathroom home is $302,632, according to a new report from Coldwell Banker Real Estate. In the nation's most expensive market, Newport Beach, California, that same home will list for $2.3 million. In the least expensive market, Cleveland , Ohio, it will list for $74,502.

As demand for their services heats up, architects throughout Australia are bringing home higher salary increases in percentage terms compared with their peers across any other industry, a new study says.

Sales of new housing lots in Melbourne's outer suburbs surged to their highest levels on record in the September quarter with almost 1900 lots sold per month, according to the latest National Land Survey Program update.