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Family pays $2.63m for Bentleigh home in post-auction negotiations
The four-bedroom house had a quoted price range of $2.4 million to $2.5 million, and passed in at $2.6 million.
- by Tom Carey
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Liam Hemsworth plots $14.6 million designer digs in Byron Bay hinterland
The house won’t be nearly visible from space like his big brother Chris’s place, but including land cost it will set him back more than $20 million.
- by Lucy Macken
First home buyer nabs Richmond terrace for $1.135m, ‘less than what it was worth’
- by Alexandra Middleton and Elizabeth Redman
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- by Tom Carey
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- by Alexandra Middleton and Elizabeth Redman
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