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Lucy Macken is the prestige property reporter and Title Deeds columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Entrepreneur’s Point Piper trophy home hits market for $100 million
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Entrepreneur’s Point Piper trophy home hits market for $100 million

Sydney’s most expensive housing market isn’t generally swayed by higher interest rates and recessionary fears. Alexandra Jakob is banking on that.

  • by Lucy Macken

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Cafe queen pays $10.4 million for Coogee mansion she fell in love with
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Cafe queen pays $10.4 million for Coogee mansion she fell in love with

Theresa Moussa’s The Grounds has been a top drawcard to Alexandria and she’s taking her expertise in recreating local landmarks to a new project.

  • by Lucy Macken
Sirius irony: The elites who have bought into the landmark former public housing block
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Sirius irony: The elites who have bought into the landmark former public housing block

Sydney’s former social housing block Sirius is set to be home to a slew of regular names from Title Deeds columns past.

  • by Lucy Macken
How much money the Exclusive Brethren’s ‘ecosystem’ really makes

How much money the Exclusive Brethren’s ‘ecosystem’ really makes

Recently released financial records show how cash circulates around the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church and its Australian “royal family”.

  • by Michael Bachelard and Lucy Macken
Isla Fisher bought her first home in Sydney as a teen. She’s selling for $1m
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Isla Fisher bought her first home in Sydney as a teen. She’s selling for $1m

The listing comes almost 30 years after the Hollywood actor purchased the Woollahra pad for $171,500, and she has done well since.

  • by Lucy Macken
Family of rich list waste king lists $11m Strathfield knock-down rebuild
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Family of rich list waste king lists $11m Strathfield knock-down rebuild

The rich list Tartak family were once Strathfield’s most predominant high-end homeowners, but they’re more sellers than buyers nowadays.

  • by Lucy Macken
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Anthony Albanese lists $1.9m Sydney investment property

Anthony Albanese lists $1.9m Sydney investment property

When the tenant was issued with an eviction notice, he hoped to use it as a chance to spark debate about tenants’ rights. What followed was a media maelstrom.

  • by Lucy Macken
Ex-Domain boss Antony Catalano hatches plans for $55m Byron Bay trophy home
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Ex-Domain boss Antony Catalano hatches plans for $55m Byron Bay trophy home

Who built it best? Chris Hemsworth and media mogul Antony Catalano go head-to-head in the Byron Bay trophy home stakes.

  • by Lucy Macken
Lifestyle blogger pays $43.5m for Bellevue Hill house that sold last year for $30m
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Lifestyle blogger pays $43.5m for Bellevue Hill house that sold last year for $30m

Knock, knock: Bellevue Hill trophy home trader Stephanie Conley-Buhre shows why it pays to always answer the door to real estate agents.

  • by Lucy Macken
Todd McKenney farewells Sydney, set to sell $5m suburban idyll
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Todd McKenney farewells Sydney, set to sell $5m suburban idyll

Todd McKenney is set to swap Sydney for Melbourne, selling the home where he held his intimate high-tea soirees.

  • by Lucy Macken
One of inner Sydney’s finest: The house that Baz Luhrmann sold asks $40m
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One of inner Sydney’s finest: The house that Baz Luhrmann sold asks $40m

The landmark mansion was a hospital for decades and later owned by a Hollywood couple, and retains its original grandeur plus distinctive decoration.

  • by Lucy Macken

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