Auction Markets Lower On Federal Election Day
Clearance rates continue to track at year-low levels.
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With buyers distracted by the federal election, property auction clearance rates were generally lower at the weekend across the country.
The national auction market reported a clearance rate of 71.4% at the weekend — the same as reported last weekend but lower than the 82.0% recorded over the same weekend last year. Clearance rates continue to track at year-low levels.
National auction numbers were predictably lower at the weekend due to distractions on election day. Only 1137 homes were reported listed compared to the previous weekend’s 2372 and well below the same weekend last year’s number of 2333.
In Sydney, there was a small lift in clearance rates, up to 68.9% at the weekend — higher than the 64.1% recorded last weekend but well down on the 81.5% recorded this time last year.
The lift in clearance rates can be attributed to only 335 homes being listed for auction. Lower than the 810 auctioned the weekend prior and well below last year’s efforts of 949.
Sydney recorded a median price of $1,600,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was lower than the $1,690,000 recorded last weekend and 1.2% lower than the same weekend last year’s $1,620,00.
Melbourne’s home auction market weakened at the weekend, reported a year-to-date low of 63.8% — a drop from the 68.78% recorded over the previous weekend and well below the 76.9% recorded over the same weekend last year.
The Victorian capital reported 594 homes listed at the weekend – lower than the 1165 reported over the previous Super Saturday weekend and well below the 1117 listed over the same weekend last year.
Melbourne recorded a median price of $1,030,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was lower than the $1,203,000 reported last weekend but 3.5% higher than the $995,500 recorded over the same weekend last year.
Data powered by Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market.
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The nearly 10,000-square-foot home stands right at the entrance to the Amazon billionaire’s grand, $165 million estate.
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A home that’s right at the entrance to Jeff Bezos’s Beverly HIlls estate, which the billionaire purchased for $165 million in 2020, is now on the market asking $19.8 million.
Shaded by mature olive trees, the three-story modern mansion on Angelo Drive spans nearly 10,000 square feet, and includes five bedrooms, a bar and lounge, a home cinema, a pool with floating benches, and a 15-car garage.
The modern home centers around a striking wood staircase that extends through all three floors, creating an eye-shaped spiral.
Other design choices include a full-height black marble fireplace, herringbone wood flooring, grayscale marble backsplashes in the kitchen and bathroom, banks of floor-to-ceiling windows and a seating area in the middle of the pool.
There is also an outdoor kitchen and eating area poolside, and a living space with sliding doors that open directly onto the pool deck, for indoor/outdoor living.
The home was built in 2021 and designed by Gabbay Architects for the owner, who purchased the underlying property for $4.1 million in 2015, according to property records accessed through PropertyShark.
The seller, who runs a Beverly Hills-based plastic surgery practice, could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Benedict Canyon house came to market Friday with Tomer Fridman of Christie’s International Real Estate. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Bezos estate is also known as the Warner Estate, named after its first owner, Hollywood mogul Jack Warner of the Warner Bros.
After Warner, the 9-acre estate was owned by music executive and film producer David Geffen, followed by Bezos. The property includes a palatial Gregorian Revival mansion built in 1939 and designed by architect Florence Yoch to befit the status of one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.
At $19.8 million, the new listing offers quite a deal compared to other properties neighbouring Bezos. In Florida, the owner of a vacant lot next door to the Amazon founder’s estate on Indian Creek Island is asking $150 million for it.
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The late rock star and his wife, model Iman, visited the house after seeing a news story about its unusual design by local architects Shim-Sutcliffe.
