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Melbourne Storm’s recently-departed captain Jesse Bromwich and wife Lez scored $1.53m when a Bentleigh East house they own sold in a “cracker” auction today.

The sale was one of about 1040 auctions expected across the state this week, according to PropTrack.

A preliminary 58 per cent clearance rate was recorded from 774 early results available.

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The Bromwichs’ renovated four-bedroom house sold for $80,000 above the $1.45m reserve.

Boasting an alfresco entertaining area featuring a deck, outdoor kitchen with built-in barbecue and swimming pool, the property attracted three bidders.

Ray White Oakleigh agent Nick Strilakos declined to comment on the vendors but public records show it is

Construction is just about to start at a striking new apartment project in Forest Hill, in Melbourne’s east.

MAX Apartments is the latest instalment in the Forest Ridge development, a new neighbourhood offering the best of leafy east Melbourne lifestyle.  

Anne Flaherty, economist at realestate.com.au, says this pocket of the city has an abundance of local schools, universities and parklands, which makes it a great fit for families. Plus, its surrounding nature is matched by its wealth of local amenities.

“One of advantages of this particular area is how connected it is,” Flaherty says. “There’s lots of retail amenity — it has everything you need. But at the same time, it’s not very far from the Dandenong Ranges and has easy connectivity to the CBD.”

Home buyers have increasingly been seeing the attraction of the

AFL Sydney Swans player Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin and his fashion influencer wife Jesinta splashed about $9 million on a glamorous Mediterrean mansion on the Gold Coast, weeks before listing their luxury apartment in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.

The high-profile couple’s latest multimillion-dollar buy comes after Franklin signed on with the Swans for another year, days out from the team’s AFL Grand Final against Geelong.

The celebrated player and his wife, a former Miss Universe contestant and current Seafolly swimwear ambassador, this week listed their $5 million Rose Bay pad, amid persistent rumours they would relocate the Gold Coast, Jesinta’s home town.

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The rental crunch continues to see prices soar in most parts of the country, but renters can still find desirable suburbs where they’ll be paying the same, if not less than pre-pandemic.

As life post-Covid normalises, rents are edging back to what they were in 2019, but new analysis from PropTrack shows some pockets still have medians that haven’t budged.

“While population growth has restarted and international students are returning, they are not yet at the same levels we were seeing pre-Covid,” PropTrack economist Anne Flaherty said.

“Suburbs that rely on these residents are continuing to see rents below pre-COVID levels.

“With white collar workers spending less time in their offices, many are continuing to favour outer suburban and regional areas, hampering the recovery of inner-city areas.”

Suburbs in Melbourne and Sydney have seen the biggest decreases in price since March 2020.

Pyrmont in Sydney had the largest price drop

A renovated, single-fronted Victorian home in Carlton North scored a mega $310,000 premium under the hammer on Saturday.

The three-bedroom pad at 14 Amess St was completely refurbished about 12 years ago, now featuring polished timber floorboards, three spacious bedrooms, two bathrooms and a stylish kitchen with Miele appliances.

Four buyers fought for the keys at auction, which Nelson Alexander Carlton North director Nicholas West said mostly attracted downsizers and “empty nesters”.

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“(The buyers) valued that location and the accommodation over one level,” Mr West said.

“Most homes

Behind the period brick facade of an 1890s Moonee Ponds house lies an entertainer’s dream backyard complete with a pool, gas fireplace and an arbour of climbing greenery.

The four-bedroom home in a “blue-ribbon location” at 100 Park St is listed with a $3.2m-$3.45m price guide that would double the $1.56m local median.

Barry Plant Essendon director Bill Karp said the owners of almost 30 years had extended and renovated the property across the past decade.

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They have added multiple covered and paved spaces, a granite benchtop, a television mounted on a wall near the fireplace and manicured landscaping in the north-facing rear garden.

The iron lacework

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First Home

My first home was a tiny shack my parents named “Wall Hall”. It was on about an acre (0.4ha) of land in the bush in the Snowy Mountains, 15 minutes drive from the nearby town.

I only lived there for a year, so I remember nothing, but my Mum tells me it was on the Murrumbidgee Creek, that she would watch platypus duck under the stream as she ate her

Several of the largest property management companies operating in Seattle conspired to drive up rents and decrease competition, three lawsuits filed this month allege.

The cases, filed in federal court in Seattle, focus on the use of RealPage software, which gathers information about rental units and rent prices and uses an algorithm to recommend how much landlords should charge.

The complaints claim that by exchanging detailed and “competitively sensitive” information, RealPage and the landlords have illegally created a “cartel” to set prices in violation of antitrust laws.

The widespread use of RealPage has increased rents across the country and in Seattle neighborhoods such as downtown, Capitol Hill, the Central District, South Lake Union and Queen Anne, the complaints allege.

The lawsuits, filed on behalf of tenants, cited an investigation by the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica that was published in October and detailed the use of RealPage in Seattle and other

When Rachael and Anthony Brown purchased their Earlwood property in 2003 for $530,000, they had one goal in mind: transform the south west suburb into a tropical oasis.

Over their 19 years at 1a Carbonne Ave in Earlwood, the Browns have utilised 110 plants and various exotic types of timber to shield their property from passers-by and use their personal tropical rainforest to escape from busy Sydney surrounds.

Listed via Ray White Earlwood agents Kieran Gianoudis and Dean Vasil, the two bedroom and two bathroom tropical home is steps away from the Cooks River and a five minute walk to Tempe Station.

“We’ve had 35 groups come and look at the property, many of whom are from the inner city and inner west areas of Sydney,” Mr Gianoudis said.

“We’re getting buyers who,