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The home sold to a young family for $1.41 million at auction.

Young family pays $1.41 million for a Hurstville Grove townhouse

A Balmain investor has offloaded a three-bedroom townhouse in Sydney’s south to a young family who bought it at Saturday’s auction for $1.41 million.

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The Bastas family owns the Toorak property Coonac, one of the country’s most expensive homes.

Where Australia’s richest people live and how much it costs to live there

Some of Australia’s wealthiest people have lived in the same homes, in some of the country’s richest areas, for several decades.

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Generic houses, suburbia, rooftops, Melbourne. Digital treatment of Wayne Taylor photo by Matt Davidson

More properties languish on the market as buyers get the jitters

The number of homes on the market for longer periods of time has jumped sharply across the country. Experts say this is what is behind it.

  • Dan F Stapleton
Three buyers local to Lane Cove, all young upsizers living in either a unit or townhouse, competed from start to end for the keys to the Lane Cove property.

Three-bedroom lower north shore home sells for $2.39 million

Three young upsizers battled it out at Saturday’s auction to buy a classic redbrick house in Lane Cove, with the buyer going $40,000 above reserve to secure the keys.

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The entryway to 262 Hawthorne Parade is dominated by a sweeping staircase.

Inner west home sells for $300k under reserve in ‘cautious’ market

The landmark property had lots of interest, but as a crowd gathered in the backyard complete with soccer posts, the result was not as strong as the vendors had hoped.

  • Robyn Willis
Buyers have the opportunity to bid in an increasingly weak market.

Know your ‘walk away price’: How to make the most of a weak auction market

Property prices are falling and homes are passing in at auction, but buyers who aren’t ready to capitalise risk missing out.

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10 Terry Street, Balmain NSW 2041

‘A bit nuts’: Families vie for $3.3m Balmain home, defying weak market

The auction date was brought forward from a five-week campaign to just 16 days due to unexpected interest in the freestanding home.

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Bellevue Hill is Australia’s most expensive postcose.

How much it costs to live in Sydney’s most expensive suburb

Buy an average kind of house in what’s become Australia’s priciest suburb – and you’ll have no change left from a staggering $11 million.

  • Sue Williams
The well manicured garden at 30 Spruson Street.

Five of the best light-filled Sydney homes for sale

Natural light can boost the mood in a home, bringing out details, textures and colours. Here are some of our favourite light-filled homes in Sydney right now.

  • Shona Hendley
The open-plan living room and courtyard at 34 Flora Street.

Storybook Erskineville house sells for over $1.92m to local first home buyer

The ivy-covered exposed brick home had been completely transformed after it was purchased for $720,000 in 2019.

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