Auctions
Mother buys $8 million Sydney house for her daughter studying overseas
Three parties registered for the home on almost 800 square metres, and a mother purchased the property in her daughter’s name.
- Carmen Forward
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Downsizers outbid young couples for ‘quite compact’ $1.7m Erskineville terrace
The two-bedroom home last sold for $956,000 in 2022, and has been impeccably refurbished with character and charm.
- Emily Power
Why the auction market just got weaker
Conditions for home sellers had been improving, but a key measure of the health of the auction market shows that has changed.
- Elizabeth Redman
Woman wins $4.8 million Glebe home with her father bidding at auction
Six parties registered to bid on the period home with a backyard, mostly families looking to upsize from smaller houses.
- Carmen Forward
Interstate buyers nab ‘relatively affordable’ $1.31m eastern suburbs unit
The two-bedder two blocks from the beach is a homecoming for the buyers, who once lived in the area. The auction was “keenly fought”, said the selling agent.
- Emily Power
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- Bidding blind
No offers, don’t ask, don’t tell: The real estate agent tricks used to duck price rules
Buyers are furious, experts aren’t surprised, and here’s how property underquoting rogues get away with it.
- Aisha Dow
Riverfront house goes for $8.42 million, as bids drop to as low as 50¢
“Are we on The Block?” Frenetic Brisbane auction becomes high-stakes theatre, with owners watching from a nursing home.
- Sarah Webb
Librarian splashes $4.9 million on luxurious Sydney house
The determined buyer paid $500,000 above reserve, and nearly $1 million above the guide, outbidding a neighbour who had watched the project from start to end.
- Carmen Forward
Family pays $4.2m to spare East Lindfield home from wrecking ball
The neat home with a fire pit and fishpond attracted seven bidders, some of whom planned to raze the double-brick house.
- Emily Power
What $18.5 million buys in Brisbane’s most expensive suburb
Dripping in greenery and featuring a steam room, eight-car garage and heated magnesium pool, the home was Australia’s top auction sale over the weekend.
- Sarah Webb