Sydney auctions: Clontarf house sells for $9.75 million
Two cashed-up empty-nesters went head to head for the five-bedroom beachfront home, which was on the market for the first time in more than four decades.
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Two cashed-up empty-nesters went head to head for the five-bedroom beachfront home, which was on the market for the first time in more than four decades.
The keen buyers in their 30s wanted to move closer to the beach and made such a strong first bid, it wiped out most competition.
The keen buyers in their 30s wanted to move closer to the beach and made such a strong first bid, it wiped out most competition.
There are signs of sales skewing towards buyers with family wealth behind them, in a market that picked up in March and appears to be gaining pace.
Auction clearance rates have risen for three months in a row, new data shows, as buyers and vendors become more willing to do a deal in the market downturn.