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Aidan DevineReal estate editor

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

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Sydney
Rebecca and Roy Dickson pictured outside their home in Manly Vale that they will be selling soon, Sydney. 26th September, 2019. Picture by Damian Shaw

Best suburbs to resell a home

Homeowners in some parts of Sydney have been reselling their properties for average profits of up to $700,000 by capitalising on a recent rebound in the housing market.

Sydney
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 28: Ben O'Sullivan poses for a portrait after the auction of 166 Baptist Street, Redfern. He won the auction of the two bedroom property for $1.33million. (Photo by James Gourley/The Sunday Telegraph)

‘I didn’t realise I was the buyer’

Bidding for a Redfern fixer upper was so competitive that many in the crowd found it hard to keep track of the bids, leaving even the buyer confused about whether he had snapped up the home.

Sydney
First home buyers Roshit Ravindran 34 and Deepthi Vinod 31 at their recently purchased Glenwood home in Sydney's north west. Picture: Toby Zerna

First-home buyers’ weird demands

Being a first-home buyer used to involve a lot of compromise, but first-timers across the country now view seemingly trivial property attributes as “non-negotiables”, new research shows.

Sydney
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - Pictured is the happy vendor Graham Marchant after an auction at 5 Lawson St Balmain today. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Seller gets 10 times price he paid

It was all smiles for the seller of a weatherboard home on a popular inner west street after he got an unexpectedly large sum at auction on Sydney’s first “super Saturday” of the spring.

Sydney
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - House auction at 51 Acacia Ave, Ryde. Sold for $1.455M. Winning bidders Eric Coombs and fiancee Jessica Pruscino pictured.  Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Bold tactic nets couple unusual home

Competition at the auction for a flood affected home got cranked up when a couple arrived armed with a bold bidding strategy. It was one of multiple properties sold today at well over reserve.

Sydney
71 Birrong St, Queens Park. NSW real estate.

Nine hearts broken with knockout bid

Nine prospective buyers who registered for the auction of a fixer upper home in Sydney’s east were rolled over at auction when a buyer offered $400,000 over the reserve and opening bid.

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