Auctions
News about the auction markets across Australia
Young family pays $3.86m for architect-designed Glen Iris home
Tom Carey|Feb 20, 2024
Hot competition pushed the sale price more than half a million dollars above the reserve at auction as four families competed for the home.
Bondi beach house with no parking fetches $8.5 million in hot auction
Carmen Forward|Feb 19, 2024
Five developers competed and the winner plans to build a luxury family home.
‘We’ve loved it’: The cheapest suburbs within 10km of Melbourne’s CBD
Melissa Heagney-Bayliss|Feb 19, 2024
Melbourne’s median house price is above $1 million, but some buyers have managed to purchase in inner suburbs on that budget.
The most affordable suburbs within 10km of Sydney’s CBD
Kate Burke|Feb 19, 2024
Sydney’s median house price is at a record of almost $1.6 million, but some buyers have managed to get into the inner suburbs on that budget.
Parents compete for $3.08 million Glebe terrace for adult children
Kate Burke|Feb 18, 2024
A local couple trying to help their daughter purchase her first home, and another couple bidding on behalf of their overseas son, were among the bidders for the home.
Young family buys Brunswick East bungalow for $1.79 million
Melissa Heagney-Bayliss|Feb 17, 2024
Three young families competed for the keys to the renovated California Bungalow, pushing the price $140,000 above the reserve.
Quality apartment sets new price benchmark as Canberra’s housing market heats up
Olwyn Conrau|Feb 17, 2024
Demand for modern, well-equipped apartments in desirable locations is pushing prices higher as buyers show increasing interest.
Homeowner tuned into her auction from her hospital bed and what happened next stunned
Emily Power|Feb 13, 2024
A Melbourne seller was in the safest place for the $600,000 shock of her life to unfold down the phone.
Dad buys $2.7m investment property so daughter and friends have uni share house
Carmen Forward|Feb 12, 2024
The investor was able to solve the rental crisis for at least four young students, picking up a Forest Lodge terrace at auction.
Bank of mum and dad helps adult kids buy Fitzroy two-bedder for $1.17m
Tom Carey|Feb 12, 2024
After beating two other young couples, the winners of a competitive auction will live in the two-bedroom townhouse, while their parents live nearby.