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48 Howe Crescent, South Melbourne VIC 3205

Young family pays $5.59m for historic South Melbourne terrace

The home was designed by the architect responsible for Melbourne Grammar and the South Melbourne Town Hall.

  • Shona Hendley

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Oliver Bruce auctions the Mary Street home.

Family pays $3.7 million for St Kilda West home

A St Kilda West house guided $225,000 below its reserve price sold for $3,725,000 in post-auction negotiations.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Three parties competed for the period home in Essendon.

‘Melbourne’s coming back’: Young family pays $200,000 above reserve to nab $1.45m period home

Three parties fought with rapid-fire bids, pushing the price more than $200,000 above the sellers’ hopes.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Clearance rates could tick up again in spring, experts say.

The good news for home sellers this spring ... and the bad news for buyers

The closely watched auction clearance rate is getting close to a key benchmark - just in time for the traditional spring selling season.

  • Jim Malo
62 Morrah Street, Parkville sold at auction to first home buyers on Saturday.

First home buyers outbid investor for $1.73 million Parkville home

A young couple buying their first home paid $1.73 million at an auction on Saturday, outbidding an investor for the keys to a double-fronted Victorian house in Parkville.

  • Abbir Dib
An established family outbid a younger family at Saturday auctions to buy a four-bedroom home in Princes Hill, Melbourne’s inner-north.

Family pays $2.9m for a Princes Hill home in competitive auction

An established family paid $150,000 over reserve to secure the keys to a four-bedroom house in the sought-after suburb of Princes Hill.

  • Caroline Zielinski
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114 Princes Street, Carlton North VIC 3054

Only one bid for Carlton North home that sold later for $1.75m

A young couple were the only party to participate in the auction for the three-bedroom house close to the CBD.

  • Shona Hendley
The Thornbury home failed to sell at auction, passing in at $1.5 million.

Thornbury home sells for $1.52m after auction to only bidder

A three-bedroom house in Melbourne’s inner-north, guided at $1.5 million, received one bid of $1.48 million during Saturday’s auction.

  • Caroline Zielinski
10 Rowe Street, Alphington.

‘Once in a lifetime’: Young family pays $1.7m for architect-designed home

The winning bidder wanted something less dense and on a standalone title, and the design of the home was a major drawcard.

  • Shona Hendley
Auctioneer Arthur Apostoleros at work on Saturday.

Renter beats three others to pay $1.65m for large Maribyrnong family home

Dozens of bids were traded over the four-bedroom, parkside house, and a recently evicted renter from the neighbourhood won the keys on Saturday.

  • Jim Malo