Auctions
Waterfront Abbotsford property sells for $8.29 million, $1.29 million more than the guide
The final sale price of the house was also $290,000 more than its reserve price. The sale was one of 1136 scheduled auctions; the clearance rate was 70.2 per cent.
- by Carmen Forward
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Heartbroken vendor who slashed price guide by $300,000 gets a happy ending
A renovated Artarmon home attracted scant buyer interest at first, but a cut to the price guide prompted a surprisingly good result.
- by Sarah Webb
Letters
Letters
Fines may be crippling, but should be even higher for some
Readers react to Victoria’s soaring road fines, which some accuse of being unnecessarily punitive.
Letters
Letters
I’m the child of an addict, and advocates of safe injecting rooms are naive
Readers react to the push by city churches to save the lives of drug users, and the lack of transparency over reserve prices for housing auctions.
Savvy bank of mum and dad buy as family joins forces for $3.48m home
The buyer and their parents are both selling their homes to live in this one together, rather than move further out of Sydney separately.
- by Carmen Forward
First-home buyers nab Petersham townhouse for $1,765,000
Buyers priced out of the housing market are competing fiercely for next-best options, agents say, on another red-hot Sydney Saturday.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Sydney’s most in-demand suburbs for home buyers now
Sydney home values are picking up, but the hottest competition isn’t where you’d expect.Â
- by Tawar Razaghi
Strathfield knockdown sold for $7.55 million at auction
A two-person bidding war broke out for the dilapidated five-bedroom house, pushing the price more than $2 million above the reserve.
- by Carmen Forward
From $60,000 to $9.75m: Clontarf house sells for first time in decades
Two cashed-up empty-nesters went head to head for the five-bedroom beachfront home, which was on the market for the first time in more than four decades.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Darling Point unit with harbour views sells for $3.36 million
The home was arguably the best in the building because of its top-floor position, north-facing aspect and parking spot.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Eastern suburbs family spends $11.6m on liveable house to knock down
Five parties competed at the Bellevue Hill auction, hoping to rebuild a dream home with harbour views on a street where some neighbours sold for $30 million.
- by Carmen Forward