Alison Coopes News Today

Bryan Rose lists his Mosman estate, Mark Kerry buys $15m penthouse, and Squareknot’s Mike Seder sells $26.5m Bellevue Hill house

There’s no doubting the runaway success of the medical supply company Westlab of recent years, and that’s good news for the Exclusive Brethren and Hills District house price records.

The Rugby Australia boss and REA chairman has capped off what is arguably the strongest half-year recorded in Sydney’s trophy home market.

Trophy home owners be warned: big-ticket buyers are no longer wedded to living in the east’s harbourside suburbs.

Plastic surgeon Robert Drielsma, who specialises in breast and facial surgery, and his anaesthetist wife Debbie Hong have sold their reconstructed mansion for $25m.

In a declining market, agents look to the three Ds as the reasons people sell: debt, divorce and death. But there’s also a lot of downsizing at play this week.

In a declining market agents look to the three Ds as the main reason people will sell: debt, divorce and death. But there’s also a lot of downsizing at play in Title Deeds this week.

Two grand estates on Sydney’s north shore have sold, a $25 million-plus estate arrives in Bellevue Hill while an uber-cool pad comes to market in Brisbane’s Hamilton.

Ita Buttrose had a busy week personally and professionally, starting with the listing of her Southern Highlands home.

Ita Buttrose had a busy week personally and professionally, starting with the listing of her Southern Highlands home.