$10.4m not enough for Brisbane riverfront idyll
Brisbane’s riverfront saw the nation’s top weekend auction bid with $10.4m offered for the Hawthorne home of Hancock Prospecting’s Daniel Wade. But the three-level home failed to sell.
Jonathan Chancellor
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Terrace trophy home a $9m sale
A modern Paddington terrace in Sydney’s inner east fetched $8.95m in post-auction negotiations, ranking the sale as second-highest across the nation’s weekend results.
$8500 rent for Bondi penthouse
Former Bank of Queensland boss George Frazis has listed his two-level Bondi Beach penthouse for lease at $8500 a week.
Entrepreneur’s beachside retreat asking $4.4m
Tusmore, the luxury Merricks Beach, Mornington Peninsula retreat of retail entrepreneur Nelson Mair, has been listed with $4.4m hopes.
Knockdown on cards for $4m-plus ocean hideaway
A three-bedroom limestone home on the Mornington Peninsula sold for $4.225m but seems likely to be a knockdown given the preference these days for layers of polished concrete.
Prices sky high as boomers seek something smaller
Off-the-plan prices soared nationally in 2022, highlighting the cost baby boomers are willing to pay for some down-sized luxury.
Gina Rinehart tries her hand as queen of the property flip
The mining tycoon is trying her hand at an ambitious property flip by relisting a beachfront block bought for $11.3m last year for an almighty profit.
Billionaire Scott Farquhar’s $130m Point Piper buy
An eleventh-hour purchase by billionaire Scott Farquhar saw Sydney beat Melbourne in the race for 2022’s priciest property sale.
Garbo Malouf dumps $40m in Palm Beach
The cashed-up garbo turned yacht broker Ian Malouf has smashed the residential price record at Sydney’s pricey summer playground, Palm Beach.
Dempster to retreat to Tassie after Millers Point sale
Longtime ABC stalwart Quentin Dempster and his wife Elizabeth O’Brien accepted an auction eve offer for their luxury Millers Point terrace.
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