The view from the rooftop terrace at 13 Victoria Street, McMahons Point.

'I've never had an auction like this'

Sydney and Melbourne's sizzling housing markets stepped up the pressure on buyers last week as both cities recorded auction clearance rates of over 80 per cent.

Gerry Harvey escalated his claims of a "potential scam" to hurt Harvey Norman by short sellers whom he described as ...

Harvey Norman shorts double

In the fortnight since Gerry Harvey declared war on "criminal short sellers", shorts in Harvey Norman have more than doubled, from 3.64 per cent to 8.09 per cent of the register.