Auctions
Melbourne vendors’ clever $30,000 reno reaps $580,000 auction payday
The original home in Melbourne’s western suburbs needed some TLC, but a pre-sale makeover paid dividends and attracted four bidders at auction.
- by Sarah Webb
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Maidstone townhouse clears price guide with one bid, sells for $700,000
First home buyers kicked the auction off with a big offer, and the competition ended just three bids later. It was one of 117 auctions scheduled for Saturday.
- by Jim Malo
Young family splashes $6.6m on Brighton East home in marathon auction
Three parties competed for about 45 minutes for the keys to the stylish home with swimming pool that ticked a lot of boxes.
- by Shona Hendley
Eddie Perfect sells Brunswick East home to another family for $2,285,000
Purchasing and renovating the Californian bungalow inspired Perfect’s 2017 musical Vivid White. He was happy to sell to another family.
- by Jim Malo
Only one bidder for $2.13m Beaumaris townhouse in lacklustre market
The near-new home with a gas-heated pool failed to draw a second or third party and passed in before negotiations started in earnest.
- by Sarah Webb
Pascoe Vale house sells for $1,385,000, tripling in value since last sale
The much-loved family home attracted more than 40 bids from four parties. The successful buyers smashed the vendor’s reserve by $185,000.
- by Jim Malo
Couple who used superstitious auction tactic wins $1.86m Essendon home
Five parties competed, and the winners were a duo who had missed a string of opportunities elsewhere and decided to change tack.
- by Sarah Webb
Former AFL exec sells Albert Park home for $6.25m, makes $4.5m profit
A local family purchased the four-bedroom home for $650,000 above reserve, beating two others for the stylish Edwardian residence.
- by Alexandra Middleton
Former student of Guilford Bell spends $6.4m on his Toorak masterpiece
The home, known as Hallow’s House, sold for $1.2 million more than the vendor’s reserve price. The sellers were pleased the home was sold to an admirer of Bell’s.
- by Sarah Webb
One bid for $1.9m Kensington home as two prospective buyers fail to turn up
A local family were the only bidders at an auction in Kensington on Saturday, and paid $125,000 extra in negotiations afterwards to land the keys.
- by Alexandra Middleton
‘Way more people trying to sell’: Where Melbourne home owners are selling now
An oversupply of housing stock paired with softened property values has created an ideal spring market for buyers.
- by Alexandra Middleton
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