Cairns real estate: Top 10 luxury home property sales so far in 2021
Plumbers, banana farmers and surgeons are among the cashed-up buyers who have forked out millions to buy Cairns’ most luxurious homes this year.
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TRINITY Park has rocketed to the top of the list for multimillion-dollar home sales in Cairns after taking out three of the top four slots so far in 2021.
It has been an extraordinary year for the city’s real estate market with southern investors – particularly from Sydney and Melbourne – driving up prices as they snap up properties.
Demand for properties in Cairns has soared with interstate inquiries through the roof, but there has been no shortage of wealthy locals adding top-end assets to their portfolios.
Research into the top 10 sales of the year so far reveal some of the most exclusive properties have sold to notable Far Northerners.
Lankester Bananas owners Michael and Lisa Lankester sold their banana, avocado and custard apple farm at Walkamin in May for $11.5m to Sydney restaurateurs Andrew and Geraldine Coulson.
The Lankesters have put their profits to good use, buying the city’s priciest home of the past nine months for $2.95m.
The Trinity Park property is a sight to behold with incredible pools, ultimate water frontage and huge open spaces in one of the city’s most prestige locations.
Husband-and-wife rally car champions Ross and Lisa Dunkerton’s former Trinity Park home took out the number two slot after selling to Evelyn Mahony and husband Derek from Ray White Northern Beaches.
NQ Petro managing director Craig Cygler and wife Anece, entrepreneurs Suzi and Leo Conti, Python Plumbing owners Joel and Sophie Matar and Ramayana Loveridge, wife of surgeon Dr Jeremy Loveridge, also made the cut.
These are the 10 most expensive properties bought so far this year – and the cashed-up buyers who now call them home.
10. Redlynch
SOLD: $2m in March
BUYER: Python Plumbing owners Joel and Sophie Matar
9. Palm Cove
SOLD: $2m in May
BUYER: Ramayana Loveridge, married to Cairns Hospital orthopaedic and trauma surgeon Dr Jeremy Loveridge
8. Parramatta Park
SOLD: $2.025m in July
BUYER: James and Sarah Mort and Patagonia Pty Ltd
7. Clifton Beach
SOLD: $2.05m in April
BUYER: Ameeril Pty Ltd
6. Redlynch
SOLD:$2.16m in January
BUYER: NQ Petro managing director Craig Cygler and wife Anece
5. Clifton Beach
SOLD: $2.45m in March
BUYER: Entrepreneurs Suzi and Leo Conti
4. Trinity Park
SOLD: $2.45m in May
BUYER: Gregory and Carolyn Walker
3. Whitfield
SOLD: $2.5m in March
BUYER: Navadh Derakhshan
2. Trinity Park
SOLD: $2.5m in February
BUYER: Sold to Derek and Evelyn Mahony
1. Trinity Park
SOLD: $2.95m in February
BUYER: Lankester Bananas former owners Michael and Lisa Lankester
CLARIFICATION:This story previously stated the number two top property was bought by Ross and Lisa Dunkerton when they were, in fact, the sellers.
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