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129 James Street, Lilyfield NSW 2040

Professional buyer who searched for only two weeks buys $2.68m Lilyfield home

A single professional and dog owner outbid four others for a home with a backyard at an early morning auction, as buyers hope for a rate cut.

  • Carmen Forward

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Paul Avery of the Balmain District Football Club said some teams had lost a third of their games this season due to wet weather.

‘It’s a heritage landscape’: Synthetic turf plan for Callan Park sparks anger

The $8 million project, funded through a state government grant, will reignite tensions over the 61-hectare site sometimes called “the jewel of the inner west”.

  • Michael Koziol
All bidders who contested the auction intended to live in the home.

No parking, no worries: Lilyfield house sells for $4.68 million at auction

Listing agent Jack Parry said the sale price rivalled nearby homes with on-site parking. Domain Group recorded a preliminary auction clearance rate of 69.7 per cent at the weekend.

  • Carmen Forward
8 Carrington Avenue, Strathfield sold for $7.55 million on Saturday.

Strathfield knockdown sold for $7.55 million at auction

A two-person bidding war broke out for the dilapidated five-bedroom house, pushing the price more than $2 million above the reserve.

  • Carmen Forward
Paul Kent arrives at court for the hearing

Court plays footage of Paul Kent’s distraught alleged choking victim

A court has played police body-cam footage of a woman alleging the senior rugby league journalist held her to the ground and grabbed her neck, before airing his denial.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
Traffic at the Rozelle Interchange on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

Ten minutes to travel 90 metres: Traffic chaos continues around new Rozelle interchange

Traffic congestion continued to plague roads around Sydney’s new underground spaghetti junction on Tuesday as recurrent choke points became clear.

  • Michael Koziol, Anthony Segaert and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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The apartment has three balconies and city skyline views.

Woolloomooloo apartment sells for $3.91 million in post-auction contest

The three-bedroom apartment failed to sell under the hammer, passing in at $3.8 million. But with three buyers still interested, that wasn’t the end of the bidding.

  • Kate Burke
Column 8 granny dinkus

Shirkers get double-crossed

It’s a uniform process.

The proposed Leichhardt development.

The development sagas that show why Sydney’s planning system is broken

After 10 years, authorities are no closer to deciding whether this prime block of inner west land should stay as a warehouse or be turned into housing.

  • Michael Koziol
An artist’s impression of the new Rozelle Parklands, a 10-hectare site to be created above the underground tunnel interchange.

‘Short-changed’: Key sporting facilities scrapped from Rozelle Parklands plan

The government insists the rejected features would have been impossible without sacrificing other benefits in the 10-hectare site.

  • Michael Koziol

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