Yesterday
Sydney’s Bathla juggles dozens of property projects and a $2.7b debt
The major real estate developer, once known as Universal Property, has borrowed from the country’s biggest private credit firms, and owes one $600 million.
Reclusive philanthropist sells Vaucluse mansion for $55m
Three trophy homes in Sydney have changed hands for $55 million, all tying in top place of the highest price paid for a residence in the city this year.
This Month
Billionaire Lederer family go big in private credit as loans hit $200m
A decade after selling their Primo smallgoods empire to Brazil’s JBS, the family is building a new business and extending loans to property developers.
19 blue-chip suburbs for first home buyers
Prospective first-time home owners can nab a property in the most sought-after suburbs so long as they are willing to make this compromise.
Melbourne and Sydney auction markets heat up
The Victorian capital has recorded its seventh week in a row of its preliminary clearance rate holding above 70 per cent.
This inner-west Sydney home just fetched $1.25m. It won’t happen again
As borrowing costs head lower, buyer numbers will head up – and so will competition. That’s prompting purchasers to pull out the stops now.
One of the richest casino billionaires is camping out in Sydney
Martin Moshal is a hard man to track down. But documents show the Sydneysider is connected to an enormous investment portfolio around the world.
Mystery buyer of $20m Vaucluse mansion revealed
Harry Triguboff’s granddaughter Miki Hendler and her pub baron husband, Elliot Solomon, have landed in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs.
AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda pays $32m for luxury apartment site
The data centre billionaire is expanding his real estate development with a “truly special” location in Sydney’s blue-chip “Balmoral Slopes”.
KKR young gun buys $8.4m Point Piper apartment
He has joined the who’s who on the pricey peninsula in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, taking the keys to an $8.4 million whole-floor apartment.
May
Collette Dinnigan’s designer Sydney semi sells for $20m
The Australian fashion designer and serial renovator and her husband Bradley Cocks have sold their Darling Point luxury home.
12 houses, $165m: Rose Bay home owners join forces to sell mega block
New NSW policy prompts the 12 property owners in the affluent harbourside Sydney suburb to put their collective site up for sale to developers.
Indebted pub baron Adgemis mortgaged mum’s house. She ‘had no idea’
Banker turned pub mogul Jon Adgemis allegedly did not tell his mother about the loan he took out on a multimillion dollar property they owned together.
$5.3m Mosman unit sold after talks as rate cut delivers patchy results
Property buyers are weighing up the benefit of lower borrowing costs versus global economic uncertainty – and reaching different answers.
What’s a balcony worth? In Sydney, apparently $360k
New data shows home buyers on the east coast are forking out eye-watering sums for a balcony. In Perth, not so much.
Bitcoin miner smashes record with $15.5m beachfront pad
The co-founder of Iren Energy, Dan Roberts, has eclipsed the top sale price for Avoca Beach after spending millions on an unrenovated beachfront.
Why the kitchen in this Mosman home has a sofa
With no children at their Sydney home, an empty nest couple did not need to rush in their cooking and dining room. So they set out to make it leisurely.
Luxury developer behind Sirius rebuild overwhelmed by debts
Lenders are chasing millions from the builder behind the controversial Sydney redevelopment, where 20 apartments including the penthouse remain unsold.
Fintech CEO unveils Lake Como-inspired home in Bellevue Hill
Octet co-chief executive Brett Isenberg has received the green light to create a European-style villa in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Reclusive philanthropist to sell $70m original-condition Sydney home
An Iraqi immigrant who became one of Sydney’s most generous benefactors has listed his Vaucluse house with panoramic harbour views.