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A crumbling deceased estate two minutes from Gina Rinehart's Hawthorne mansion and a Bridgeman Downs estate that once held the suburb record are among more than 90 properties heading to auction today.
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The auction clearance rate in Brisbane last Saturday was a staggering 88 per cent according to Archistar property research, with agents revealing sellers who hang on for auction day are receiving 12.55 per cent more for their property than the highest pre-auction offer.
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Another hectic auction day with vendors again cashing in and one seller making more than $300,000 in 12 months.
We also saw 'Brisbane's worst house' sell for $2m and a home change hands for just $282,500.
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A retro brick structure at Stafford Heights with laminate wood panelling interior and dated exterior window awnings has pulled $900,000 at auction.
It was the first time in 50 years that 4 Fontaine St, Stafford Heights had been put on the market.
The light-coloured brick two-storey home boasts four bedrooms, two bathrooms and has three car spaces and sits on a 587sq m block.
Auctioneer Justin Nickerson said there were nine bidders for the solid brick home and bidding was strong.
A family home on a corner block in Mount Gravatt East, with an approved sub-division, has "easily sold above the reserve".
The tidy three-bedroom home butil in the 1950s pulled a gathering in excess of 50 and seven registered bidders.
It last changed hands in 2016 for $835,000 and today it sold for $1.280 million.
Harcourts real estate agent Mike Jones was pleased with the outcome as the house had a lot going in its favour.
"It went well above the reserve, which pleased the vendors," he said.
"It's high on a hill, on a large block and that has sub-division approval and views facing north east.
Hard to go past a well constructed Hampton's home, especially one near Manly Harbour.
Built two-year's ago, this five-bedroom, three-bath, four-car home on a 607sqm block is something special.
The vendors bought the 39 Raeburn St, Manly property for $565,000 in 2017 and given they have spent a small fortune creating this masterpiece, they deserved every cent that came their way on Saturday.
More than 50 attended the Belle Property auction and there were nine registered bidders.
Five bidders managed to raise their paddle with the auction closing at $1.475 million.
Now it's the middle of winter, many auctions require bidders and stickybeaks to take off their shoes before entering a house.
That can be quite confronting if you've worn socks with holes or have bad foot odour!
Maybe best to wear slip-ons and avoid bare feet and is it can get quite cold, especially walking or standing on tiles and concrete while the auction is in progress.
And maybe place them under cover in case it rains.
A character home on an 810sq m block has changed hands for $1.475 million with the opening bid higher than what the vendor bought it for in 2016.
The four-bedroom, one-bath and three-house car was, according to CoreLogic, bought for $920,000 in 2016 by Sky High Developments.
The opening bid at Saturday's auction was $950,000.
Ray White real estate agent Shiraz Hajee said there was incredibly strong interest for the home in leafy surrounds that is zoned for two and three storeys.
There were nine registered bidders with all but two raising their paddle.
It was called on the market at around $1.3m and yet the bidding soared about $100,000 more before being declared 'sold'.
A post-war family home on a 607sq m block in one of Hendra's most desirable streets has gained half a million dollars in price in about 19 months.
Situated at 13 Doncaster St, the three-bedroom, two-bath, two-car house was purchased for $1.050 million in November 2019.
On Saturday, some 19 months after it sold, it brought $1.55 million at a Ray White auction.
There was strong interest in the property which is within about a kilometre of both Eagle Farm and Doomben racecourses, with more than half a dozen registered bidders among 60 strong-crowd.
There's not a lot of street-front pizzaz about 41 Strathfield St, Tarragindi, but behind the facade is the lure of a forest that had five bidders going to war at auction on Saturday.
Sitting on a 698sq m in a no-through road, the post-war home backs onto Toohey Forest.
Atlas real estate agent Mark Diamond listed the property with a 'sensational potential to renovate or rebuild'.
There were nine registered bidders for the three-bedroom, two-bath abode with more than half of them active.
By the time auctioneer Justin Nickerson brought the 'hammer' down, it sold for $1.18 million and netting the owners more than $1 million in net gain.
It last sold for $68,000 in 1985.
A low-set, dated Camp Hill home with just two bedrooms, one bath and limited street appeal, has pulled more than $1 million at auction.
Located at 21 Long St and perched on a 607sq m block, there was strong interest in the house, built in 1976, that maybe destined to be demolished.
Upside real estate agent Col Kelaart the abode as ready 'for a simple revamp, raising and building underneath or fully demolishing for a brand new build'.
Overall, there were 17 registered bidders but only seven raised their paddles with bidding starting at $750,000.
Not long after, it changed hands for $1.052m!
Hawthorne is hot right now with another owner making a small motza on a home bought and sold within 12 months.
Almost a year ago to the day (June 27, 2020), 98 Malcolm St, Hawthorne changed hands for $1.89m.
At the auction on Saturday, the prestigious five-bedroom, three-bath 1910 Queenslander, with French oak timber flooring, sold for $2.265m.
The auction started at $1.8m with eight registered bidders fighting it out until the 'hammer' dropped.
It capped off an incredible day of sales for the Ray White Bulimba team.
The hot pre-Easter weekend auction action kicked off with a cottage selling for seven times what its owner paid, one of more than dozens of homes set to change hands today as strong demand continues across South East Queensland.
Shane Warne was ahead of his time on the cricket field and he was ahead of the curve when it came to relaxing away from the game too.