Sarah Webb
Sarah Webb is a freelance journalist.
Mini-mansion sale smashes suburb record as buyers break budget
While the buyers had set a hard $1.8 million limit, the agent said the home ticked so many boxes they decided to offload a commercial property to get it.
- by Sarah Webb
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A new chapter for The Gables: Young couple pays $3.6m for historic Graceville home
A young Brisbane couple, with a toddler and a baby on the way, plan to spend millions more restoring one of the city’s iconic heritage homes.
- by Sarah Webb
The price of serenity: Young couple pays $1.89m for home in fierce 15-minute auction
The real estate agent said the pocket had become a magnet for families priced out of nearby hotspots such as Camp Hill and Coorparoo.
- by Sarah Webb
Family outlays $2.7m at auction to get into coveted high school zone
The winners secured a four-bedroom cottage, beating a builder who had plans to replace the home with a French provincial-style house.
- by Sarah Webb
Home in Yeronga flood zone fetches $1.6m while Kiwi buyer nabs heritage woolstore apartment
The five-bedroom Yeronga home was inundated in the 2022 floods, but that did not put off the buyers from Chelmer.
- by Sarah Webb
Family bags trophy home for $3,888,888 the night before auction
The buyers made sure the Indooroopilly house had a price containing plenty of figure 8s - the luckiest number in Chinese culture.
- by Sarah Webb
Rare as hen’s teeth: House on Brisbane’s only private lake smashes reserve by $300k
The buyer saw the property for the first time just a couple of hours before the auction.
- by Sarah Webb
West End fixer-upper needing new roof sells for $2.36 million in nail-biting auction
Five potential buyers battled it out for the fixer-upper in West End, but on the Gold Coast the $4.3 million Burleigh Heads retreat of Bec and Lleyton Hewitt failed to attract a single bid.
- by Sarah Webb
First home buyer nabs Coburg cottage for $1.065 million
The agent took a punt of a different kind on Derby Day by taking the home to an online auction, reminiscent of Melbourne lockdown days, and it paid off.
- by Sarah Webb
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Queensland residential property
How much do you need to borrow to buy in Brisbane?
With the dream of owning a home slipping further from many buyers’ grasp, our interactive calculator shows how much you would need to borrow to get a foot on the property ladder in your suburb.
- by Sarah Webb
Million-dollar line in sight as Brisbane house prices hit record
The Queensland capital’s median has jumped to $995,000 and its unit market has soared. But is the next move up or down?
- by Sarah Webb
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