<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/broadbeach-qld-4218">Broadbeach</a> offers plenty of reasons to live vertically, but moving from a substantial family home into an apartment can expose the compromises of high-density living. Privacy, room for guests and usable living space tend to matter more when an apartment is intended as a permanent home rather than an occasional coastal base.

A typical residential floor at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-eveleigh-broadbeach-7-9-surf-parade-broadbeach-qld-4218">The Eveleigh</a>, on Surf Parade,&nbsp;contains just four apartments. The 94-residence development by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hirsch-faigen">Hirsch &amp; Faigen</a> is predominantly made up of expansive three-bedroom homes, with a limited collection of half-floor penthouses above.

Across the apartment floors, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> has used the relatively limited number of residences to give each home greater access to natural light and outlook. Living spaces extend towards full-height glazing, while a series of bay windows frame selected views across the Pacific Ocean, city and hinterland rather than treating the building edge as a continuous wall of glass.

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“The apartment floors deliver a collection of homes that embrace controlled outlook via a series of bay windows deliberately framing moments of view,” Rothelowman Director Kim Lowman said.

From outside, those projecting forms contribute to the tower’s faceted profile. Strong horizontal and vertical elements establish its proportions, while the changing position of the sun alters the light, shadow and reflection across the façade throughout the day.

The same attention moves inside the apartments, where the material palette combines warm timber, natural stone, metallic detailing and softer curved forms. Kitchens sit within the main living zone, with stone island benches, integrated joinery and European appliances, before the living areas extend towards the glazing and the outlook.

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Three genuine bedrooms provide room to accommodate family and guests, while two secure car spaces and storage address some of the practical considerations that can become more noticeable when moving from a larger home. Feedback from the display suite has centred on the warmth and restraint of the interiors, with buyers commenting that the residences feel like homes rather than conventional coastal apartments.

A limited collection of half-floor penthouses occupies the upper levels, increasing the scale of the living spaces and adding private balconies and elevated finishes. From this position, the outlook extends between the ocean and hinterland.

Outside the private residences, The Eveleigh separates its shared spaces between the podium and rooftop. The podium is centred on wellness, with subtropical landscaping surrounding a swimming pool and pool terrace, yoga garden, private gymnasium, sauna and hot and cold plunge facilities. Landscaped retreats and pavilions provide additional places to sit away from the main recreation areas.

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Higher in the building, a rooftop pavilion and private dining suite sit alongside resident lounge, barbecue and outdoor dining areas, opening towards panoramic views across the ocean, city and hinterland.

“Buyers are no longer just looking for an apartment, but a lifestyle where they can relax, reset, and enjoy a balanced way of living,” Hirsch &amp; Faigen Director of Sales Matt George said.

Interest to date has come from established owner-occupiers and interstate lifestyle purchasers, including buyers planning a future move to the Gold Coast. Many are coming from larger homes and want to reduce ongoing maintenance without giving up space for family and guests, privacy, two car spaces or the ability to entertain at home.

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Much of that daily life can also take place beyond the building without requiring a drive. Kurrawa Beach and Pratten Park are an easy walk from Surf Parade, while Pacific Fair, Oracle Boulevard, The Oasis, restaurants, cafés, entertainment and public transport are also within walking distance.

The Eveleigh is Hirsch &amp; Faigen's fourth Gold Coast development since entering the market in 2021, following The Hemingway at Palm Beach, The Emerson at Kirra and Yves at Mermaid Beach. Each of the preceding projects sold out before completion.

“Broadbeach had been on our radar throughout our time operating on the Gold Coast,” the developer said. “Following our projects in Palm Beach, Kirra and Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach represented the natural next step for the business.”

The Surf Parade site brought together proximity to the beach, protected coastal outlooks and walkability to dining, shopping and recreation. Hirsch &amp; Faigen also identified the street as an emerging premium residential address, with enough separation from Broadbeach's busier destinations to retain a quieter environment at home.

The Eveleigh is now under construction by Maxcon, with completion forecast for mid-2028. Three-bedroom residences are currently available from $2.87 million.

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The Eveleigh brings house-like apartments to Broadbeach

A long-stalled Campbelltown development site is back in play, with new plans for 139 apartments set to supersede a mixed-use scheme approved almost a decade ago but never built.

The new proposal for 28 Cordeaux Street would deliver 116 market and 23 affordable apartments in a part 14-storey building, bringing a substantial new project into a Campbelltown market where new apartment supply remains limited.

Plans have been filed over the 3,092 sqm corner site at Moore-Oxley Street, around 600 metres from Campbelltown Railway Station and the city-centre retail core.

The site already carries a mixed-use residential approval dating to 2016. Doroch Architects has now been engaged on a larger replacement scheme, which is progressing as a State Significant Development Application following a Housing Delivery Authority determination in August 2025.

The apartment mix comprises 39 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom residences. Two-bedroom apartments make up just over half of the project, while three-bedroom homes account for 20 per cent.

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Of the 139 apartments, 23 will be delivered as affordable housing under the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the Housing SEPP. The affordable component represents 15 per cent of the residential gross floor area and will be managed by a registered Community Housing Provider.

Doroch has sought to break the scale of the building into two distinct elements, with a masonry podium of around four storeys establishing the street edge before the residential tower steps back above.

The corner position has shaped that approach. Cordeaux Street faces toward the commercial and civic centre, while Moore-Oxley Street leads into the lower-scale residential neighbourhood to the south, and the design verification report describes the site as "bridging the commercial core to the north and established residential areas to the south."

The podium will be expressed predominantly in face brick, while the upper levels shift to brushed and grooved concrete cladding with darker metal detailing. Recessed sections, deep balcony edges and landscaping break down the upper form, with an approximately 11.8-metre setback to the northern boundary addressing the adjoining St Peters Anglican School.

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Campbelltown has been starved of new residential developments in the last decade.

The only other notable development set to come to market this year is ALAND's Queen Square, a mixed-use precinct on over two hectares that will comprise apartments above a vibrant ground-level retail and hospitality dining precinct.

First look: New 139-apartment plans revive long-stalled Campbelltown city centre site

First Look: Sherlock Construction pitches apartments for low-rise Deception Bay

Queensland builder-developer MAYD has revealed the first look at its major North Kirra beachfront development, lodging amended plans that reduce the number of apartments and increase the proportion of larger residences.

The project is planned across a substantial 4,742 sqm amalgamated site spanning seven lots at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/2-6-pacific-parade-bilinga-qld-4225">2-6 Pacific Parade</a> and 27-33 Golden Four Drive in Bilin​ga, directly opposite Nor​th Kirra Beach.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/mayd-group">MAYD</a> secured the site for $32.5 million in 2025, in what was one of the Gold Coast's largest property transactions of the year.

The development will be delivered across two stages, with the first stage carrying an estimated gross realisation value of around $360 million.

The latest amendments seek to reduce the overall apartment count and shift the project further toward the owner-occupier market, with larger residences designed for buyers wanting considerably more space than traditionally offered in a beachfront apartment.

The residential mix will include townhomes, oversized two-bedroom apartments, substantial three-bedroom residences and four-bedroom homes.

MAYD has appointed Cera Stribley to lead the architecture and interiors, with the Melbourne-based design practice drawing on the beachfront setting through a series of ocean-facing terraces and heavily landscaped balconies.

Strong horizontal forms and curved balconies will define the exterior, with subtropical landscaping integrated throughout the building to soften the built form and increase the connection between the residences and the beachfront.

The project will also include an extensive collection of resident wellness and lifestyle facilities, continuing the broader shift across the Gold Coast's luxury apartment market toward larger homes supported by resort-style amenity.

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MAYD Founder Todd Mould said North Kirra was increasingly appealing to buyers attracted to the more established, lower-density character of the southern Gold Coast.

"North Kirra presents one of the most compelling luxury residential opportunities currently emerging in Australia, combining absolute beachfront with the character and authenticity that buyers are increasingly seeking, and the same sense of tight-knit community that defined Burleigh and Currumbin perhaps 10 or 15 years ago," Mould said.

"With Gold Coast Airport on its doorstep, it also offers a level of accessibility that broadens its appeal across almost every market demographic."

The project comes as the southern Gold Coast continues to attract an increasing share of high-end apartment development and buyer activity.

Kirra in particular has emerged as one of the region's more tightly held beachfront markets, with its relatively low-density character, established surf and hospitality scene and proximity to Gold Coast Airport differentiating it from the higher-density markets further north.

Mould said those characteristics had informed the approach MAYD and Cera Stribley had taken to the project.

"We've worked closely with Cera Stribley to create a vision that is deeply connected to its surroundings," he said.

"Inspired by the coastline itself, the architecture has been shaped around space, privacy and resort-style living, creating a collection of homes that reflects the next generation of luxury on the southern Gold Coast."

MOTIV Managing Director Carly Cottam, who has been appointed to market the project, said buyer attention had continued to move south along the Gold Coast.

"Purchasers who may once have defaulted to Broadbeach, Main Beach or Surfers Paradise are increasingly recognising the value of a genuine beachfront location that offers lower density, strong amenity and a more established sense of community," Cottam said.

"Kirra has a powerful combination of growing demand and genuine scarcity. Beachfront supply is inherently constrained, the area remains relatively low density, and buyers are increasingly placing a premium on locations that feel established, uncrowded and authentic rather than heavily developed."

Cottam said the proximity to Gold Coast Airport was also proving increasingly important for interstate and second-home buyers.

"Being minutes from Gold Coast Airport makes it particularly compelling for interstate buyers, frequent travellers and second-home purchasers who can access an authentic coastal lifestyle almost immediately after stepping off a flight."

The acquisition takes MAYD's active development portfolio to more than $500 million, with the North Kirra project representing one of its largest undertakings to date.

MAYD is targeting an early 2027 launch.

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Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.

But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.

Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.

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The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.

It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.

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Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.

Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.

Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.

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Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.

"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.

A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.

It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.

At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.

Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.

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Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.

"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.

The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.

More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.

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Last month 746-748 George Street, Sydney was sold for $11.5 million.
The vendor investment syndicate sold <a href="https://www.realcommercial.com.au/property-retail-nsw-sydney-501094587" target="_blank">to a Hong Kong investor </a>with competitive bidding at its Cooley Auction.
Bing Lee occupies the ground floor and basement. It is a four level building on a 304 square metre with a total building area of 984 square metre.
The rent was below market according to the agent, Raymond Hung at Ray White City South.
The estimated total rent was $510,000 per annum, plus GST assuming fully let.
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Chinatown Sydney retail sale at $11.5 million

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The bookish television personalities, Andrew Denton and Jennifer Byrne have sold the Double Bay property.
It sold just prior to last night's scheduled auction, after their busy Sydney Writers' Festival, but allowing the couple to be at home to watch The Book Show.
The price has not been disclosed by the <a href="https://rwdbgroup.com/nsw/double-bay/1134573/" target="_blank">Ray White Double Bay selling agent James Keenan</a>.
Buyers were being told to expect to pay $4 million plus after initial $3.8 million plus indications.
They have owned the house since 1998 when the 506 square metre property cost $1.845 million after moving from McMahons Point where they sold in 2001 for $1.57 million.
With four bedrooms, four bathrooms, the property also comes with a self-contained apartment on the lower ground floor.
The celebrity duo’s Tudor-look private oasis has formal and informal spaces and a billiard room showcasing high ornate ceilings and original fireplaces.
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Andrew Denton and Jennifer Byrne sell Double Bay home

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The Simon family have seemingly sold their vast concrete Point Piper harbourfront trophy home for around $30 million, some eight years after the initial listing.
Property Observer gathers its been bought by a current Wolseley Road resident.
It once had $60 million price hopes, reduced to $42 million by 2011, and then $38 million by mid-2013.
One listings<a href="https://www.domain.com.au/property/for-sale/house/nsw/point-piper/?adid=2011013194" target="_blank"> website suggests 130 Wolseley Road is under offer</a> through Sothebys, ending <a href="/news/the-altona-aftermath-buyers-baulking-at-the-ambitious-asking-prices-sydneys-top-20-house-sales-in-2013-he-said-she-said">the peninsula's sales impasse that became embedded with the bullish sale of the $52 million trophy home, Altona in early 2013</a>.
This year's two big trophy home sales have both been in Bellevue Hill.
The 933 square metre Point Piper property last sold in 1996 when the estate of the late FAI chairman Larry Adler secured $12 million from Peter Simon and his wife, Ruth, owners of the light-switch business HPM Industries, then Australia's 99th largest private company with its $170 million annual revenue. Adler's widow, Ethel had decided to stay in their Vaucluse residence which was bought in 1963 for 17,850 pounds.
Mr Adler had built after he bought the Wolseley Road block in early 1988 for $5.1 million from Westfield supremo Frank Lowy.
Frank Lowy had paid $2.675 million for it three years earlier then obtaining permission for a new residence.
The property title is in the name of Marion Richmond, following the death of her parents, Peter, then Ruth Simon.
The vast five-level concrete house now stands in the most verdant patch of Wolseley Road, neighbouring Duff Reserve, a popular fishing location.
The location in the 1950s saw respected architect Douglas Snelling undertake alterations and additions to a Victorian house at 130 Wolseley Road, Point Piper for Bernard Audette.
The six-bedroom, nine-bathroom waterfront, with boatshed, pontoon and electric winch, has Gergely &amp; Pinter Architects-design origins.
It is the architectural firm that is currently at work on the high side of the road.
Demolition began last month on the Wolseley Road, Point Piper mansion owned by the son of a former vice-president of China, Zeng Wei and his wife, Jiang Mei, <a href="/news/chinese-leadership-princeling-demolishes-point-pipers-craig-y-mor-mansion">who are building</a><a href="/news/chinese-leadership-princeling-demolishes-point-pipers-craig-y-mor-mansion"> a $5 million Gergely &amp; Pinter designed house.</a>
 
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Simon family Point Piper sale swings pendulum back to the harbourfront

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A modernist home behind the modest frontage of an 1890s Annandale brick and tile, semi-detached terrace has been listed for sale.
One Rose is located occupying a corner on leafy Rose Street. It's an important design by the distinguished architect Don Gazzard who took advantage of the slope and northerly orientation of the 253 square metre corner site.
Its entry is off Nelson Street with its signature glass block wall.
One Rose, the three bedroom, two bathroom home was designed and built in 2001 to 2002 by the architectural firm, Gazzard Griffiths.
It is <a href="https://www.modernhouse.co/listings/one-rose/" target="_blank">being offered through Modern House</a>, the specialist estate agency for architect-designed residences.
"This is a house that allows you to live modern – pity the neighbours in their dim Victorian dwellings," the marketing says.
In 2008 it was listed for auction through Jennifer Aaron Real Estate with $1.55 million-plus hopes, with more than 300 people inspecting it, but then withdrawn before auction.
Its 4.7 metre height of the main living space, that incorporates sitting, dining and kitchen with mezzanine above, was assisted by structural engineers, Birzulis Assocs and hydraulic Engineers, Thomsonkane.
Don Gazzard was in his late 60s when the current owner commissioned him to transform their three bed, one bathroom, Victorian cottage.
Marcus Lloyd-Jones, the Modern House agent, notes while studying interior design at the National Art School, the current owner fell in love with the work of Pritzker Prize winning Mexican architect Luis Barragan and challenged Gazzard to encompass some of his ideas. 
Photography: © Michael Nicholson Photography.
 
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One Rose, the Don Gazzard-designed Annandale house listed

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A striking Alex Popov-designed Hunters Hill riverfront house last traded in 2007 for $3.55 million and fetched $3.85 million at weekend auction.
With expansive Lane Cove River views, the contemporary, three-level Bonnefin Road residence comes with plunge pool and sauna.
The five-bedroom, four-bathroom property sold through <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-hunters+hill-116789471" target="_blank">Savills agents Adam Ross and Shayne Harris </a>in conjunction with BresicWhitney
It was the weekend's highest reported auction sale. Bidding kicked off at $2.9 million before a crowd of 60 attendees.  There were some 37 bids with Adam Ross of Savills the architect was a big draw card. 
“Popov is one of those architects with a cult following."
Title Tattle gathers one of the bidders missed out on his third desired Popov home.
The split-level home was built for then Vogue chief financial officer Aye-Ling Koh set on its 1,114 square metre holding.
There is floor-to-ceiling glass and wrap-around decking.
It was built in 2000 after the block was bought in 1995 for $550,000 with the home designed based around a central pavilion with a wing on each side.
Popov had the main pavilion with the kitchen and a dining area overlooking the living room.
In the eastern wing Popov placed the main bedroom with ensuite, walk-in dressing room and northerly views across the river. The level below had another bedroom with an ensuite.
The western wing had two bedrooms, a bathroom, laundry and sauna.
Nicholas McEvoy mentioned over 100 groups viewed the home. 
"It’s exciting to see homes on this side of Hunters Hill now achieving close to $4 million which is typically only seen on the peninsula, the sale is now the highest price achieved for the location.” 
The last known Alex Popov-designed waterfront house sale was last August when $3.75 million was secured in North Sydney, having passed in at its March auction.
Some 888 homes were listed to go under the hammer, the second highest number of auctions conducted on a weekend for the year next to the record-breaking pre-Easter super Saturday of auctions on April 12th when 1,111 properties were auctioned.
Sydney’s Super Saturday secured a 78.9% preliminary success rate, according to Australian Property Monitors.
Sydney had more properties auctioned and sold over the first five months of this year compared to the same period in any prior year.
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Alex Popov, Hunters Hill-design tops Sydney weekend auctions

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All 129 apartments in AQUA, the latest Bondi Junction project, sold out at the weekend.
The sales by developer, Leighton Properties and Qualitas secured $130 million through Colliers International.
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The 20-level development is situated opposite Westfield Bondi Junction.
An 111 square metre three-bedroom 20th floor apartment sold for $2.17 million.
The development comprised one, two and three bedroom apartments designed by KANNFINCH and DC8 Studio.
The two-tower building on the corner of Oxford Street and Hollywood Avenue will have interiors designed by Koichi Takada.
There will be two rooftop gardens and lobby lounge space.
Koichi Takada said that he incorporated two distinct schemes; one called ‘Breeze’ and the other ‘Drift.’
Peter Chittenden, managing director at Colliers International, said that the development is on the most prominent site at Bondi Junction, and is one of the last high-rise opportunities for the foreseeable future.
“Residents need never use their car to get to work, do the shopping or meet friends for a drink, reducing the stress of urban life and easing pressure on the environment,” Chittenden said in the lead up to the launch.
A prospective buyer advised Property Observer that they missed out on their preferred apartment after lodging a deposit.
<a href="/news/nsw/two-20-storey-apartment-towers-aqua-to-be-launched-in-bondi-junction">The initial enquiry page had interested buyers able to select options</a> on a studio from "under $500,000" to "$600,000 plus", one-bedroom from "under $600,000" to "$800,000 plus", two-bedrooms from "under $900,000" to "$1.2 million plus" and three-bedroom properties from "under $900,000" to "$2 million plus".
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Bondi Junction AQUA off the plan sellout leaves buyers scrambling to secure apartments

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The great Sydney weather and the five Saturdays in May before the June long weekend, have all assisted the record auction listing volumes.
And while there has been some buyer caution, certainly more evident than pre-Easter, the buyers have still put their hands up so that there have been record sales.
The have mostly maintained the revised auction clearance rate in the 70s.
It was running in the 80s pre-Easter especially on the preliminary results.
With bidding a little more cautious, the price growth has slowed a bit too.
Price are still rising, at around 2% a quarter, so down on the 15% annual rate of last year for Sydney.
One of the continued strong points has been the Chinese and Australian/Chinese buying.
It's remained especially strong in the off the plan offerings, and there are continued pockets of intensity in some established home markets, but I don't sense it is in the first home buyer segment.
This weekend is possibly the last big hurrah before the traditional winter hibernation. There are some 888 offerings, according to Australian Property Monitors.
Dr Andrew Wilson, the APM senior economist, notes Sydney’s inner west will host the most number of auctions this weekend with 160 followed by the city and east with 120.
The most popular suburbs listed for auction at the weekend in Sydney are <a href="/news">Mosman</a> on the lower north and <a href="/news">Epping</a> on the upper north shore, each with 12 homes scheduled to go under the hammer. 
Next most popular is <a href="/news">Randwick</a> in the city and east, <a href="/news">Blacktown</a> in the west, <a href="/news">Chatswood</a> on the upper north shore, <a href="/news">Maroubra</a> in the city and east and <a href="/news">Alexandria</a> in the inner west each with 11 homes listed for auction.
"Sydney will record its hottest ever autumn selling season with significantly more properties auctioned and sold over the first five months of this year compared to the same period in any other year," he advised.
The Sydney volumes have been at 100% higher than the same weekends last year on at least two weekends.
Sydney agents more than ever have been running campaigns this year urging vendors to consider winter listing.
They seem to have at least succeeded for the next fortnight as the long weekend has 380 scheduled auctions, which is 50% up on last year. 
Then some 570 offerings on the 14 June weekend, which is 25% busier than the same weekend last year.
Melbourne hasn't been too dis-similar although overcoming its early autumn waning, Melbourne's clearance rate is on the rise and the volumes have been running at around 50% higher listings  than last year.
However Melbourne’s weekend auction market will smash three records this weekend as the autumn selling season reaches a grand finale crescendo.
This weekend’s Super Saturday of auctions has 1,159 properties scheduled to going under the hammer which will be the third highest weekend for auctions this year, according to Dr Wilson.
"This year will not only break the record for the highest number of auctions ever conducted in the Melbourne metro area over a May with 4,450 listed, but will also likely break the record for the most number of auction sales recorded in the month of May.
"Melbourne has conducted more auctions over the first five months of this year than over the same period in any previous year," he said.
Melbourne’s inner suburbs dominate this weekend's auction listings with the inner east having 189 homes scheduled to go under the hammer, closely followed by the inner city with 188.
The most popular suburb for auction listings at the weekend in metro Melbourne is <a href="/news">Glen Iris</a> and <a href="/news">Richmond</a> each with 22.
With 18 auctions are <a href="/news">Brighton</a>, <a href="/news">Northcote</a> and <a href="/news">Camberwell</a>.
APM has 250 scheduled auctions on the long weekend, then 820 so that's slightly busier than the same time last year.
Picture courtesy of Tim J Keegan/Flickr/<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" target="_blank">Creative Commons</a>.
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Last weekend auction hurrah before winter hibernation?

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Businessman Paul Ehrlich and his wife Lauren secured a bullish $10.1 million for their palatial Vaucluse home, highlighting the price resurgence of inland Vaucluse mansions.
It had been listed for auction last night, first with hopes of $8.5 million, then $9 million plus, but three Australian/Chinese buyers pushed the price into double digit million territory.
<a href="https://www.raywhite.com/nsw/vaucluse/1133320/" target="_blank">The three-storey Towns Road mansion</a> dates back to the architect Harold Finger who built it around two decades ago.
He sold it in 1996 for $4.28 million to Oriental Technologies Investment vice chairman Laurence Luo-Lin Xin.
The Ehrlichs bought it for $4.1 million in 1999. They met at Maccabi squash in 1983.
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Bidding opened at $8.7 million, with auctioneer James Keenan calling it on the market at $10 million, when it was subsequently knocked down to the opening bidder.
Set on 1200 square metres, the six-bedroom residence comes with a tennis court, indoor and outdoor pool and rooftop terrace with Sydney Harbour views.
It sold through Ray White Double Bay agents Elliott Placks and Ashley Bierman.
Last year close to 50 houses sold above the <a href="/news">2013 Vaucluse suburb median</a> of around $3.1 million as increased sales activity signalled the emerging signs of momentum. The median was once $3.8 million in 2011.
The top three harbourside properties sold at $14 million, $15 million and $19 million, but it is arguable that the resurgence hasn't yet got to the waterfront homes. 
The Singapore-based BRW rich lister Brett Blundy has yet to his Kutti Beach home, but secured around $7 million on his neighbouring non-waterfront home. 
Rag traders Nick and Susie Kelly bought last year from nautical engineering entrepreneur Philip Goymour and his wife, Tanya, setting the highest price for the year at $19 million on Kutti Beach.
But the mainland Chinese buyers appear to prefer inland with King Chu and Xiaoyi Zhu spending $15 million when they bought the Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse home of John and Mary Andrews from the Haverick Meats family mid-last year, some two years after its listing.
Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke recently bought his inland five-bedroom home for around $8.3 million. 
Lawyer John Williamson-Noble, a partner at Gilbert+Tobin, and his wife Renee, sold their Coolong Road home earlier this year at $6.5 million, having been listed last September with $6.5 million-plus hopes through McGrath's Hamish Robertson.
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Bullish $10.1 million under the hammer Vaucluse trophy mansion sale

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Chateau de Benelong, the distinctive Bellevue Hill palazzo residence, didn't sell when auctioned last night through agents Michael Finger and Diane Wilson of Ray White Double Bay. 
Over $5 million was being advised to potential buyers initially, and it was passed in at $6.2 million.
Title Tattle spotted just the two Australian/Asian bidders at the auction where bidding began at $5.5 million.
<a href="https://rwdbgroup.com/nsw/bellevue-hill/1129729/" target="_blank">Chateau de Benelong</a>, the private palazzo commands sweeping northerly harbour views from its grand columned terraces.
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With its multiple arches, columns, balustrades and detailed decorative exterior adornments including cherubs, lions' heads and a central courtyard fountain, the seven bedroom house has stood out from the crowd since 1977, when it was built by designer Lesley Santy.
Santy, who won a gold medal in the 1957 international furniture exhibition in Milan, designed the building for the Levy family.
It last sold at early 2012 auction at $4,995,000 sale through Michael Finger.  <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/new-south-wales/columned-chateau-with-21st-century-interiors-at-bellevue-hill/2011080951100" target="_blank">It was initially listed</a> with unrealistic $7.5 million hopes in late 2011.
The Benelong Crescent property had been renovated after trading for $3.67 million in 2009.
It comes with eight bedrooms, including a two-bedroom apartment.
The vendors Lynda Giang-Nguyen and Nhi Nguyen bought it in early 2012 from Nare Elio and Makedonka Del Ben, who run a building company called Big Dig Pty Ltd.
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Bellevue Hill's Chateau de Benelong fails to sell

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In Bankstown, an $80 million project called Little Saigon is expected to revitalise Chapel Road and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014.
Built in response to a number of residential developments that require amenities, as well as to provide a new international food, entertainment and medical precinct<a href="https://www.littlesaigonplaza.com.au" target="_blank"> Little Saigon</a> will include the largest Yum Cha restaurant in Sydney.
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The development comes from Fam International, with design by Nordon Jago architects and is located at 462 Chapel Road, Bankstown.
The Yum Cha restaurant will be run by Golden Group.
The development will also include the first rooftop alfresco bars and terraces for the western Sydney suburb of Bankstown, as well as two supermarkets, more than 3,500 square metres of function centre space, boutique fashion outlets and a medical centre.
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Confirmed tenants for the development include Eyecare Network, B Beauty &amp; Beyond Laser Clinic and a 340 square metre pharmacy.
It will be over six levels and official material details that it includes the following leasing space:
Level 5: Rooftop restaurants, 168 - 237 square metres
Level 3: Function centre, 3,537 square metres
Level 2: Commercial office, 38 - 2,861 square metres
Level 1: Food court, 20 - 1,115 square metres
Ground: Specialty stores, 18 - 491 square metres
Lower: Supermarket anchor, 17 - 1,000 square metres
The launch is expected for Easter 2015 and it is currently 45% leased, with around 9,000 square metres of leasing space remaining. Across the six levels, the cost ranges from $350 per square metre to $2,000 per square metre.
David Fam, Fam International’s co-director, said that there is significant diversity in the Greater Western Sydney area.
“A lot of planning and thought has gone into providing residential developments for Bankstown’s rapidly growing population,” he said.
“What Little Saigon will do is respond to the need for more public amenities, and cater to the arrival of all these new residents, providing them with a one-stop-shop for all their daily needs, as well as a true destination for all their dining and entertainment.”
Bankstown’s <a href="/news">median house price has climbed to $605,000 in recent months</a>, with the median unit price at $360,000.
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