Auctions
Family splashes $6.15m on house with viewing window for prestige cars
The seller built the showpiece estate to live in himself and it has double-height windows and a pool, but the garaging is a knockout.
- Emily Power
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Sought-after Sydney suburbs where home sellers have the most success
Sydney’s auction clearance rate has reached its highest in a year as the interest rate cut makes buyers feel more upbeat, and some areas shone.
- Kristy Johnson and Elizabeth Redman
‘The rate cut gave it a little blast’: Sydney one-bedder sells for $1.44m
A one-bedroom Neutral Bay apartment sold at auction on Saturday for $1.44 million, a result the agent said was made possible by February’s rate cut.
- Kristy Johnson
Sydney’s hottest suburbs for home buyers have just changed fast
The types of neighbourhoods in demand over the past year are very different to the most sought-after neighbourhoods of last month.
- Kristy Johnson
Hammer drops on $2.9 million 1930s Coorparoo house amid street party
In front of a huge crowd, a young professional couple upgrading from Camp Hill ended their year-long house hunt at one of 159 auctions scheduled in Brisbane over the past week.
- Sarah Webb
Dad bids on $7 million Maroubra house for son and daughter-in-law
A local man bid to secure the home and eventually offered $125,000 more than the vendor’s reserve price to secure the six-bedroom property.
- Carmen Forward
Young couple spend $4.98m on Roseville house at their first auction
The pair were upgrading from a Macquarie Park apartment and had help from a family member while bidding for the four-bedroom home, which came with a pool.
- Kristy Johnson
Three-bedroom Queenslander on corner block tops city’s auction results
Investors and developers fought for the keys of a deceased estate on a sprawling block in Morningside, in the first weekend of auctions after last week’s interest-rate drop.
- Sarah Webb
Interstate buyer splashes $5.3m on rare Manly home steps from the sand
Buyers at this level are often unaffected by moves in interest rates as many are paying cash and have no need of a mortgage, the agent said.
- Carmen Forward
St Peters terrace that was once a driveway sells for $2.02m at auction
First home buyers bidding for the first time took home the keys for the stunning, industrial-style home that was only recently a patch of concrete.
- Kristy Johnson