Auctions
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
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Flipper makes million-dollar paper gain on $3.73m house
An owner builder who spent $2,445,000 last year on an inner-city home and gave it an extensive renovation attracted four bidders at auction.
- by Carmen Forward
Eastwood villa sells for $1.66 million, almost tripling since 2007
Four downsizers from the suburb and surrounds registered to bid on the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home that last sold for $570,000 less than two decades ago.
- by Kristy Johnson
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
Four families bid for $2.2m Sydney home with playground off the backyard
In a battle of the parents, a family upsizing from a unit won the keys to a cottage with a back gate that opened directly to a large playground.
- by Carmen Forward
First home buyer nabs Zetland terrace for $20,000 under its reserve
The selling agent said Sydney’s property market faces a “premature” softer landing a month out from Christmas, but motivated sellers would meet the market.
- by Kristy Johnson
Family spend $7.1m to upgrade from a unit to Chatswood family home
The family paid $1.1 million more than the price guide, but only $200,000 more than the vendor’s reserve for the five-bedroom house.
- by Carmen Forward
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
Dad buys $2.9m Marrickville house for daughter minutes after first viewing
The Bellevue Hill father inspected the four-bedroom house for the first time just half an hour before the auction on Saturday morning. The guide was $2.2 million.
- by Kristy Johnson
Not even a lick of paint: Investors made $1.3 million on this untouched, postwar home
The vendors were shell-shocked when they made a motza on a postwar house in Camp Hill at the weekend. It was one of 200 scheduled auctions in Brisbane in the past week.
- by Sarah Webb
First home buyer’s clever $1000 bidding tactic wins $1.2m Bondi Beach pad
Three young singles bid for the chance to live a short walk from the sand, even though a quirk in the paperwork may have locked out others.
- by Carmen Forward