Melbourne property prices are falling, but buyers looking for their first home might not get the same benefit as other potential purchasers. It took three years for marketing executive Lara Rinaldi to find her first home. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Melbourne property prices are falling, but buyers looking for their first home might not get the same benefit as other potential purchasers.S1S4

• It took three years for marketing executive Lara Rinaldi to find her first home. And she couldn’t be happier with the timing. Rinaldi, 32, initially started looking for a two-bedroom apartment when she was single but couldn’t find a property she was “comfortab...S2

• The latest data reveals some neighbourhoods rose by as much as 32 per cent in the past year, while others fell by double digits.S3S5