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Demand for apartments in Perth is hotting up.

Home in ‘last affordable frontier’ goes for $760,000

Price growth may be slowing in this city, but some market niches are booming – precisely because other levels have priced buyers out.

  • Michael Bleby

This Month

The two-bedroom, apartment at 203/22 Birdwood Avenue in northern Sydney’s Lane Cove sold by private treaty for $1.4 million.

The buyers who saved money with a 5-day purchase

A downsizing couple was desperate to secure a new home and get simultaneous settlement. Then they found this apartment.

  • Michael Bleby
The six-bedroom family compound limestone beach house on 2300 square metres at 92 Campbells Road in Victoria’s Portsea sold by auction for $5.7 million.

Portsea house sells after vendor cuts $2m from asking price

Buyers are making a calculation that prices in the playground of the wealthy have hit the bottom – and they’re coming back.

  • Michael Bleby

December 2024

Top floor: The two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in inner-southern Sydney’s Waterloo sold by private treaty for $1,040,000.

Vendor sells $1m apartment in ‘flooded’ market

In a building with many investors selling, an upgrading owner-occupier was also trying to offload – in a market that changed for the worse within months.

  • Michael Bleby
The two bedroom, one bathroom, one car park unit in a building of eight at 2/38 Boundary Street in northern NSW’s Tweed Heads sold by private treaty for $850,000.

‘Shoebox’ apartment sells for $850,000 in less than a day

With supply crunched, this 41-square-metre unit sold at a rate similar to those on nearby Millionaires’ Row.

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The corner house at 23 King Street, St Marys, NSW, was the most valuable of the three.

Not even the agent saw this $4.2m purchase coming

They were three separate houses, sitting in a row. The residential sites were no good for development, but that didn’t stop one buyer from purchasing them all.

  • Michael Bleby

November 2024

The three-bedroom semidetached home at 130 Ramsay Street, in inner-western Sydney’s Haberfield sold by private treaty for $2.25 million.

The $2.25m sale of an Airbnb that dragged out over four weeks

This was a difficult house to sell because of restricted opening times but its price point below the suburb median ensured the buyer was patient.

  • Michael Bleby
The five-bedroom house in Melbourne’s Toorak sold below the guide of $20 million to $22 million.

Buyer of $19m mansion delays – then loses deal to faster rival

Consumers are right to be cautious about newly built properties. But the thoroughness of one potential purchaser was unnecessary for another.

  • Michael Bleby
The two-bedroom, ground-floor  apartment with no car parking at 2/1 Brookfield Court in Melbourne’s Hawthorn East sold by private treaty for $523,000.

TikTok video sells $523,000 unit, avoiding fees for official listing

A social media walk-through gave potential buyers a real feel for this apartment, without the gloss – or cost to vendor – of advertising on a property portal.

  • Michael Bleby

October 2024

The five-bedroom house on 765 square metres at 4 Gillies Avenue in inner-western Sydney’s Haberfield sold by private treaty for $4.2 million. 

This $4.2m sale shows the tug of war between buyers and vendors

Aspiring purchasers are coming back as they gain confidence about borrowing costs. But sellers beware – they’re not forking out huge sums.

  • Michael Bleby
The two-bedroom apartment with garden access and one off-street car park at 1/53 The Esplanade in lower north shore Sydney’s Mosman sold at auction for $3,310,000.

Unliveable apartment with no kitchen sells for a ‘surprising’ $3.3m

Buyers, gaining confidence about the direction of the market and interest rates, are starting to spend big. Especially on dumps in great locations.

  • Michael Bleby
Simon and Sandy have just sold their Leabrook home for a second time, having moved out of it and then buying it back in 2022.

Couple makes $2m selling the same home twice in a decade

It seemed like a good idea to go back to their old family property, but this empty-nester couple discovered it wasn’t what they had hoped it would be.

  • Michael Bleby

September 2024

The five-bedroom, three-level house at 14 George Street in lower north shore Sydney’s Greenwich sold at auction for $9.3 million.

Buyers pay $9.3m for home that needs $1m reno

In a time of high construction costs, property hunters competed for a house that needed a lot of work – but it was still cheaper than the alternative option.

  • Michael Bleby
The two-bedroom house at 3 Gipps Street in inner-western Sydney’s Birchgrove sold pre-auction for $2.35 million.

Sell in the first two weeks, or wait? They sold, for $2.35m

There were many people looking, but few buying. When the vendor of this Sydney home secured two potential buyers, they acted. Quickly.

  • Michael Bleby
The six-unit block of apartments with scope for a 10-storey building on the same site at 1199 Gold Coast Highway, Palm Beach, sold for $10 million.

The $1.5m sale that shows Gold Coast buildings and people are ageing

Housing stock is being recycled on a key part of Australia’s coastline. But sales that make sense on paper aren’t always easy to achieve.

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The three-bedroom house at 68 Abbeville Street in Brisbane’s Upper Mount Gravatt sold at auction for $1.4 million.

A $1.4m sale plays the Brisbane and Melbourne markets – and wins

It wasn’t on purpose, but a young couple bought and sold in two capital city markets at just the right time.

  • Michael Bleby

August 2024

A render of the four-bedroom, three-level townhouse at 11-11A Old Berowra Road in upper north shore Sydney’s Hornsby, which sold for $1.8 million off the plan.

Couple buys $1.8m home – and still ends up sharing with parents

Many multi-generational families want to live close to each other. But worsening affordability has reduced spending power – and that’s changing housing design.

  • Michael Bleby
The two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment with car park at 12/20-24 The Parade in inner-western Sydney’s Russell Lea sold at auction for $1,063,000.

The $1m apartment downsizers wouldn’t touch

It had stairs – lots of stairs – faced south and needed a ton of work. But first home buyers fought hard for it.

  • Michael Bleby
The two-bedroom, semidetached home on 158 square metres at 12 Redmond Street in inner-western Sydney’s Leichhardt sold by private treaty for $1.43 million.

Vendor goes for ‘bird in hand’ to sell terrace for $1.43m

In a market with two camps of buyers, those on the rebound are acting faster than those thinking the market might slow more.

  • Michael Bleby

July 2024

Round one: The 35.5ha block at 117-147 Tweed Coast Road in northern NSW’s Cudgen contracted to sell as a whole for $11 million.

‘Death clause’ triggers an extra $1.2m for vendor

“You’re not legally allowed to ask for a price reduction just because someone dies,” said the agent. But one buyer did – and then pulled out of the sale.

  • Michael Bleby

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