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Aidan Devine is the real estate editor for the Daily Telegraph.

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Sydney

Auctioneer Andrew Cooley at a Kyeemah property that sold for $440,000 over reserve. NSW real estate.

How home prices will change in 2021

Uneven market conditions are expected to dominate Sydney property sales next year, with one section of the market recording significant growth in prices while another continues to struggle.

Real Estate

The houses sold for record prices during COVID

Homebuyers are spending more money than ever before and their big spending spree during COVID has smashed multiple house price records. SEE WHAT YOUR NEW SUBURB RECORD IS

Sydney

Cooley Auctions director and auctioneer Andrew Cooley calls bids on 32 Barcoo Island in Sylvania Waters, which sold at auction for $3.6 million on Oct 31. NSW real estate.

Seller’s market emerging at auctions

Home seekers’ prospects of getting a COVID bargain are beginning to fade as real estate agents report a bump in registrations at auctions and another round of big sales.

Sydney

WEEEKEND TELEGRAPHS - 1/11/20*** MUST NOT USE BEFORE CLEARING WITH ST PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN Auction at 79/219 Chalmers st in Redfern. Happy vendors Garrie Russell (left) and Adrian Arratia (right) after the sale. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Unit sellers ‘emotional’ after defying odds

It’s been a tough market of late for inner Sydney unit sellers but a pair of vendors got a welcome surprise when 11 bidders registered for their auction, landing them a bumper price.

Sydney

Charmian Grove and Andrew Meagher are selling their Riverview home which has a few of features research shows have become very popular with buyers during Covid. Picture: David Swift

How buyers are choosing homes during COVID

COVID-19 is driving a permanent shift in how we are choosing our homes and reversing a previous trend that had defined the market for years, property mogul John McGrath reveals.

NSW

Tony and Karen Claxton who have been living in the southwest area around Pananaia and Padstow for 40 years. They are surprised values have climbed so much in recent years. PictureÃs Darren Leigh Roberts

The western suburbs on brink of $1m prices

Outer pockets of Western Sydney and some once cheaper middle ring suburbs are on the brink of $1m average prices due to an unexpected spike in demand from buyers during the pandemic.

NSW

Family with two boys (4 and 6 years) standing in front of house with FOR SALE sign in front yard. Focus on sign.

Homeowners to save up to $8900 a year

Homeowners can save up to $8900 a year by making one change to their home loans, new modelling shows – and a rising share of owners say they are planning to take advantage.

Sydney

70 Prince Edward St, Gladesville. NSW real estate.

House left empty since ‘80s listed in baffling sale

It’s been vacant for decades and intruders have used it for ‘contacting the dead’, but now a mysterious house on the north shore has returned to the spotlight after being listed for sale.

Sydney

The Vendors of 78 Centennial Avenue, Lane Cove were meant to be getting married this weekend, but due to Covid-19 have instead decided to auction their renovated home. Pictured is Nicholas Lyell, Auctioneer. Picture: David Swift

Sellers score huge prices as auctions heat up

The window for buyers to get a bargain during COVID may be closing – plummeting stock levels have been putting the squeeze on buyers, resulting in some huge sales this weekend.

Sydney

Auctioneer Damien Cooley brings down the gavel on 2, Tenyson Street, Concord on 24th October 2020. The run-down property sold for over $3.4 million dollars to a developer. (Pictures by Julian Andrews).

Hoarder house sells for over $3m

Onlookers at an inner west auction were left stunned after an uninhabitable house filled with hoarded junk sold for a whopping $3.41 million to a buyer who never even went inside.

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