Today
From dropping pamphlets to selling $85m homes
His father was the first person in Australia to sell a house for $1 million. Brad Pillinger reflects on 30 years selling the country’s most expensive homes.
- Yolanda Redrup
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why this $27b giant sees a Goldilocks housing market
Demand remains strong, as are listings. That’s just about perfect for the housing market’s most important middleman.
- James Thomson
Deceased estate sells for $7.8m as buyers set to gain spring advantage
Cautious buyers disappointed by delayed rate cuts, cooling migration numbers and incoming spring stock will keep a lid on clearance rates, experts predict.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Health-focused Toorak mansion hits market with $40m plus hopes
Complete with air and water purification systems, the contemporary mansion has taken Melbourne’s most expensive suburb to another level.
- Bonnie Campbell
This Month
The Agency sacks CEO following period of underperformance
Geoff Lucas’ exit comes just three years after he left rival top-end real estate firm McGrath.
- Campbell Kwan and Bonnie Campbell
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Historic Keba set to smash Sydney’s inner west record with $27m guide
The harbourside abode is one of the grandest historic homes on a coveted street in Birchgrove.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
$40m-plus Northbridge waterfront eyes north shore record
The sprawling home on 3434 square metres, the suburb’s largest waterfront estate, last traded for $21 million in 2017.
- Bonnie Campbell
New agents want $90m Crown penthouse sold ‘this side of Christmas’
Two new agents are set to take the reins of Crown’s discounted $90 million penthouse after four years on the market.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Housing crisis rages, but there’s no money in building flats
The property developer’s shock profit downgrade is all about its struggles to make apartment projects profitable, even as housing shortages worsen.
- James Thomson
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Vacant Vaucluse mansion asking $30m
In Sydney’s Vaucluse, an 1890s manor, sitting on more than 2000 square metres, has hit the market guiding $30 million.
- Updated
- Bonnie Campbell
Share of $1m suburbs blows out in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane
The share of suburbs across Australia with a median house price of more than $1million is poised to surge in the next six months.
- Nila Sweeney
In the market for a Greek island luxury villa? Here’s a look at four
The rise of remote work and Greece’s golden-visa program have spurred a wave of interest from overseas buyers for idyllic island homes.
- Sarah Rappaport
The most expensive house sales outside Sydney
Recent sales of premium homes in top regional areas could challenge Sydney’s status as the country’s most expensive housing market.
- Nila Sweeney
Blumenthal’s $50m mansion at heart of lender suit
Sydney’s prestige property market is not for the faint-hearted. Luckily, Adam Blumenthal has never been that.
- Myriam Robin
Surf Dive ‘n’ Ski founder lists neighbouring period buildings for $30m
Fadil Sadikay is selling the South Yarra apartments with a permit to turn them into a luxury development.
- Larry Schlesinger
Stable cash rate not enough to boost home buyer demand: analysts
The uncertainty over potential rate cuts will weigh on buyer demand and slow price growth in Sydney and Melbourne, experts say.
- Nila Sweeney
Developer Guy Nelson puts Melbourne period mansion on the market
The grand Victorian home on Sorrett Avenue in Malvern is being sold by the former Macquarie Group real estate boss and founder of developer Alpha Partners.
- Larry Schlesinger
Deals in build-to-rent market ready for lift-off, says US giant
Build-to-rent housing is potentially a big contributor in efforts to plug the country’s chronic housing shortfall which has sent rents skyrocketing.
- Nick Lenaghan
Melbourne developers offer big rebates as unsold lots surge
Discounts of up to $35,000 are available and low deposits are being accepted as unsold stock rises to almost 3000 lots.
- Larry Schlesinger
Australia’s 10 most expensive homes are all in one location
Wealthy home buyers splurged nearly a quarter of a billion dollars snapping up the country’s priciest mansions – in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
- Nila Sweeney
