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Lucy Macken

June 2023

Interior designer Lynda Kerry and architect Andrew Barnyak recently completed a three-year redesign of the Darling Point house.

Hamish McLennan buys $30m Sydney house

Vendor Mark Kerry. the Olympic gold medallist-turned-recruitment boss, was hoping for around $35 million

F45’s Rob Deutsch has purchased a $25.5 million Barangaroo apartment.

F45 co-founder buys $25.5m Barangaroo apartment

Rob Deutsch and his wife, Nicole Perso, have bought an apartment in Crown’s One Barangaroo tower for $25.5 million, their second trophy home purchase in recent months.

April 2023

Rupert Murdoch buys property next door to Cavan for $15.5 million.

Rupert Murdoch buys property next door to Cavan station for $15.5m

Rupert Murdoch has added to his NSW rural “farm” by paying $15.5 million for the Boambolo property next door.

February 2023

The Bellevue Hill residence Monkton has sold for more than $30 million.

Veteran investment banker scores near $30m for Bellevue Hill home

Newly appointed Westpac board member and former chairman of investment banking at Goldman Sachs Australia Tim Burroughs has sold his Sydney home for around $30 million.

November 2022

The three-level residence was designed by architect Shaun Lockyer and has interiors by Justine Hugh-Jones.

ANZ’s former head of global markets sells Mosman home for over $30m

ANZ’s former head of global markets Steve Bellotti might be kicking himself he didn’t sell his Mosman trophy home two years ago when it was pulling interest at the $35 million level.

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March 2021

Bruce McWilliam is selling his 42A Wolseley Road trophy home.

Media player sells Point Piper house for $32m-plus

Bruce McWilliam sold his Point Piper investment mansion with a notorious past on Wednesday night for more than $32 million — about three times more than he paid for it in 2013.

February 2021

The Bellevue Hill mansion of stockbroker Rob Fiani has sold for close to $20 million.

Fund manager Rob Fiani sells $20m Bellevue Hill house

Sydney’s Bellevue Hill clocked up its first trophy home sale of the year on Tuesday when stockbroker Rob Fiani sold his six-bedroom mansion for almost $20 million.

December 2020

Mayo Hardware director James Mayo has bought in Point Piper for $36 million, making him a near neighbour of his sister Sarah Mayo

Pandemic inflates Sydney's trophy home market

Sydney’s trophy home market cast off fears of a market downturn this year to be one of the strongest in decades, thanks in large part to a widespread appreciation for luxury housing fit for a life in lockdown.

Potts Point's $12.5m Christmas Eve sale

What do Australia’s rich-list set buy their wives for Christmas?

More Hemsworths buy into Byron Bay

Liam and Luke Hemsworth have joined their Hollywood A-lister brother Chris to buy into Byron Bay’s high-end market, coughing up a combined $11.4 million for new digs in time for Christmas.

The Gordons Bay residence comes with a swimming pool, spa, home cinema and two studies.

Coogee record smashed with $12.9m sale

The off-market sale smashes the Coogee suburb record by $3.85 million, set six years ago at $9 million by the house purchase a few doors away.

The 4700-square-metre Springfields estate has resold for less than its $12 million purchase price of 2017.

Teenager sells $12m north shore Sydney home

The Springfields estate on Sydney's upper north shore has been sold by “Rachel” Shuxin Zhou, 17, for less than the $12 million she paid for it three years ago.

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EY partner buys fugitive's Seaforth home

The Seaforth home of missing international fugitive Michael Menghong Gu has been sold on the quiet in the $6 million to $7 million range.

Bayview Bachelor house sell for $10m.

Sydney Bachelor mansion sold for $9.5m

The Bayview mansion known as the Bachelor house thanks to its starring role on the 2013 reality romance show was sold on Monday by freight tycoon Clive Thomas and his wife Lee.

November 2020

The Balmoral Beach house owned by rag trader Ling Zijian sold for $17.8m.

Rag trader sells Balmoral Beach house for $17.8m

The Balmoral Beach house owned by rag trader Ling Zijian sold on Wednesday on the quiet for $17.8 million.

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Sydney's upper north shore price record has been smashed.

Sydney suburb house price record smashed

The upper north shore’s prestige market has been given a fillip thanks to the sale of a Pymble mansion for a suburb record of just shy of $10 million.

The Vaucluse house smashed the Australian auction record, selling for $24.6 million.

The 20-year-olds behind Australia's record-breaking auction

While many of the nation’s 20-somethings are contemplating how to gain a foothold in the property market, Junlin Lan and “Monica” Hairu Yang are upgrading to a $24.6 million house.

The Ilic family holding is on a waterfront parcel across the road from the Kurraba Residences project currently in construction.

Huge Sydney waterfront parcel hits the market

One of the largest waterfront sites on the lower north shore, covering 3000 square metres on Kurraba Point, has hit the market amid expectations of setting a house price record in the process.

May 2020

Buyer behind $11m Surry Hills record

Atlassian heads to Surry Hills but for once it’s not the tech company’s co-founders and co-chief executives Mike Cannon-Brookes or Scott Farquhar behind the deal, but veteran staffer Nick Menere.

March 2020

The distinctive Shoreline block was designed by Carlisle Architects and developed by Made Property Group.

Surfboard maker buys $10.3m Manly penthouse with break view

Barry Bennett's new spread is the most expensive of the 14 apartments in the recently completed Shoreline complex.

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