Auctions
Buyer pays $1.16m for a second unit in Wollstonecraft block
The renovated two-bedroom home attracted plenty of interest as a total of eight parties registered to bid, including first home buyers. But they missed out.
- by Kristy Johnson
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Three generations pool resources for $4.5 million Chatswood home
A multigenerational family loved the size of the five-bedroom red brick house with swimming pool that is walking distance from the main drag.
- by Carmen Forward
Two-bedroom house in Rose Bay sells to local couple for $10,215,000
The home of Qantas’ former top frequent flyer, the late Mel Gottlieb, had a price guide of $8 million and drew eight registered bidders. It last sold for $430,000.
- by Kristy Johnson
The price of serenity: Young couple pays $1.89m for home in fierce 15-minute auction
The real estate agent said the pocket had become a magnet for families priced out of nearby hotspots such as Camp Hill and Coorparoo.
- by Sarah Webb
Inner west buyers battle for $14m Drummoyne waterfront home at auction
Five parties from the area registered for the home with beach access, a boatshed and harbour views, offered for the first time in 40 years.
- by Carmen Forward
First home buyer splashes $3.22m on cottage that last fetched $555,000
A reimagined 1880s cottage in Erskineville offered a weatherboard front and a treehouse at the rear, rare in a neighbourhood known for its terraces.
- by Kristy Johnson
Shock for fruit vendor who sold $9 million banana for 25 cents
When Shah Alam, who works on a fruit stand in front of Sotheby’s in Manhattan, learnt a cheap piece of fruit he sold had become part of an absurdist artwork that went for millions in the auction house, he began to cry.
- by Sarah Maslin Nir
Home in Yeronga flood zone fetches $1.6m while Kiwi buyer nabs heritage woolstore apartment
The five-bedroom Yeronga home was inundated in the 2022 floods, but that did not put off the buyers from Chelmer.
- by Sarah Webb
Dilapidated Paddington terrace with horse stables sells for $3 million
The three-bedroom property with dual access had been held in the same family for three generations. Despite its unliveable condition, 14 buyers registered to bid.
- by Carmen Forward
Daughter buys $1.75m Epping villa for her mum. It last sold for $290,000
The three-bedroom home, which was on the market for the first time since 1991, attracted half a dozen buyers as the property type is rare to find in the suburb.
- by Kristy Johnson
Where Melbourne house prices are under the most downward pressure
Melbourne has notched eight months straight of an ideal buyers’ market, but some areas have turned deeply in buyers’ favour.
- by Alexandra Middleton