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The home has more than tripled in value since it last traded in 2009 for $8 million, even with an architect-designed makeover.

Recruitment boss Jason Johnson said no to the Avalon Beach acreage last year, but couldn’t refuse it again; techie Robin Khuda cashes in on Palm Beach; and ex-Woolworths chair Gordon Cairns buys into Walsh Bay.

Rupert Murdoch has added to his NSW rural “farm” by paying $15.5 million for the Boambolo property next door.

The waterfront house sale augurs well for trophy home owners north of the harbour, and adds handsomely to the coffers of property veteran Greg Paramor.

While most of us were sunning ourselves over summer, Sydney’s movers and shakers were quietly trading trophy homes.

One of the world’s largest tin producers has struck gold in Wahroonga this week, actor Sophie Lee lists her Palm Beach getaway, and Mike Baird buys a $5 million downsizer.

Share As Australians grapple with the potentially life-saving virtues of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the international pharmaceutical giant’s chief executive has upgraded his home real estate, buying a house in Mosman for about $8 million. Pascal Soriot is now in Europe, according to a company spokeswoman, but that hasn’t stopped his wife from settling last week on a four-bedroom designer house, complete with the usual local must-haves like a cellar, home cinema and gymnasium. Pascal Soriot re...