Property news

There were six house sales above $30 million in Sydney's Point Piper last year.

Knight Frank: Sydney is Australia's multi-millionaire capital

LUCY MACKEN It's not your imagination, there are a lot of very rich people here.

Big money sought for mammoth Toorak estate

Emily Power and Marc Pallisco An overseas investor who agreed to pay $12m has pulled out.

Sydney apartment where murder committed passed in at auction

150-unit retirement development for Kambah

Architizer A+Awards: Glebe house only Australian entrant in international residential Architizer A+Awards

More news

Capital growth

The Sydney Boom-o-meter: does your house earn more than you?

JENNIFER DUKE A new calculator allows you to work out whether your home brings in more bread than you do.

SMH SAT DOMAIN DINKUS Andrew Wilson, Senior Economist, Australian Property Monitors SMH Photo by Anna Kucera, 4 November 2010

Auction result surge

Melbourne auction results at five-year high as Middle Park house sells $1.8 million over reserve

Andrew Wilson, Alice Stolz and Alistair Walsh An 1880s knock-down vaporised its reserve as the market hit its strongest point since 2010.

A decade after it was abolished, vendor duty is back on the table.

Property tax

Vendor duty: Greens' plan to tackle housing bubble under attack

JENNIFER DUKE Vendor duty is back on the table.

The Clarke's estate has been fully renovated since they purchased the property in 2012.

Celebrity homes

Michael and Kyly Clarke selling sprawling Round Hill estate for $6.5 million

Effie Mann Just two years after Australian cricket captain and his wife purchased a sprawling 93-hectare estate in the Southern Highlands, the property is once again up for sale.

Crowds watch the auction at 35 Badgery Street, Macquarie, which sold for $690,000 on Saturday morning.

Solid auction results continue for Canberra housing market

MEREDITH CLISBY Almost two thirds of homes scheduled for auction sold on Saturday or prior to the event in another strong result for the territory housing market.

Esquire apartments in Hawthorn East use the same fixtures and fittings at the famous Dorcester and Four Seasons hotels.

Private Property

Private Property: Fast cars and five-star living in the suburbs

Emily Power and Marc Pallisco Four Seasons luxury hits the suburbs with Euro-posh apartment fitouts.

The lounge room of the Palm Beach holiday house sold by actor Rachel Griffiths and artist husband Andrew Taylor last August.

Rachel Griffiths and Garry McDonald among celebrities to cash in on Sydney property boom

LUCY MACKEN Some of Sydney's more high-profile vendors are making good on their real estate assets.

Sydney real estate agents who underquote will be in the Premier's cross-hairs if re-elected.

Underquoting

NSW Premier Mike Baird’s plan to stamp out underquoting won’t work

Patrick Bright Making it a requirement to publish reserve prices no less than seven days out from auctions would tackle underquoting.

Comments 2

The building that responds to rain

3:49pm You don't need to check your phone to see what the weather is, just look up. Vision courtesy of Lend Lease.

Super-skinny apartment tower Collins House to soar in Melbourne's CBD

Lorna Edwards A Melbourne developer plans to build an apartment tower nearly 200 metres tall but only 12 metres wide.

Underquoting

BresicWhitney will take full responsibility if underquoting allegations are proven

JENNIFER DUKE BresicWhitney says it will ensure it operates ''within the guidelines''.

Crossman Castle at Mount Crosby, Brisbane, is up for rent.

Quirky home

Rent a Queensland castle for just $550 a week

RACHEL CLUN Live like royalty in this four-bedroom home - complete with a drawbridge.

Ian Narev trades up in Paddington

LUCY MACKEN As work nears completion on Commonwealth Bank chief Ian Narev's new Paddington home, he has sold his original Sydney home.

Australia 108 in Melbourne will be the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.

Skyscraper

Innovative skyscraper designs: Five to know

JENNIFER DUKE Australia has had its fair share of record-breaking skyscrapers to date, with ever more astonishing features and amenities. The latest in the ranks, Australia 108, will be the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.

The REIV advertisement that has caused the stir.

REIV forced by members to address political involvement

JENNIFER DUKE The lobby group for real estate agents in Victoria, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, is facing internal unrest after a 2014 political campaign urging the public to vote out the Napthine Liberal government.

This five-bedroom, six-bathroom house at 11 Maple Grove was auctioned on the public sidewalks as opposed behind closed doors.

Trophy

Toorak trophy home sells for $7,625,000 under the hammer

CHRISTINA ZHOU For most home buyers $7 million is undoubtedly a knockout bid. But at an auction of a lavish home in Toorak, it was just the beginning.