Auctions
A buyer had seen the Balwyn North house once. Then he paid $2.76 million, funding the vendor’s retirement
The buyer outbid seven others on the 1940s four-bedroom house, which blew past its reserve at auction.
- by Tom Carey
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Young couple pays $2.2m for dream New York movie-style loft at auction
The Collingwood apartment came with soaring ceilings and a rooftop terrace, set in a heritage precinct.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Our 14 favourite properties for sale in and around Melbourne right now
From architectural gems to riverside beauties, these are some of the best homes for sale.
- by Jacqui Hammerton
Upsizers snap up Glen Waverley five-bedder for $3.15 million, the middle of its price range
Melbourne’s clearance rate remains soft as higher interest rates lower buying capacity, affecting it more than other cities, AMP chief economist Dr Shane Oliver says.
- by Carmen Forward
Two bidders fight hard as Coburg home sells for $1.86 million at auction
The buyers traded $20,000 bids throughout the auction, despite the auctioneer offering to take smaller increments.
- by Jim Malo
Eye-catching Brunswick reno soars to $2.65m in hard-fought auction
Three young families competed for the four-bedroom house with a 1930s facade, renovated with a high level of attention.
- by Tom Carey
No kitchen, no bathroom, no worries: Siblings pay $670,000 for unliveable house
The seller of an unliveable Thomastown property tried unsuccessfully to develop it but is now relieved after it fetched $670,000 at auction on Saturday.
- by Tom Carey
Investor outbids home buyers to snap up Yarraville home for $1,105,000
An investor used a buyers’ advocate to win the hotly contested auction for the Yarraville home, on one of the most quiet auction days of the year.
- by Jim Malo
Brighton seller who braced for a loss instead ekes out paper profit
Two bidders fought for the renovated family home, pushing the price at auction to $4,252,000 – just above its most recent sale last year.
- by Tom Carey
Two-speed property market: Why this Northcote auction soared while others languish
A young family beat four other bidders for a $2.275 million renovated family home with soaring ceilings and an outdoor deck, but other property types did not sell so well.
- by Tom Carey
Couple outbid four other would-be buyers for $1.24 million Footscray home
The new owners of 7 Shepherd Street contended with another couple who had only seen the home for the first time on Saturday.
- by Jim Malo