Mark Webber buys Noosa home of Thomas Muster: reports
Formula One racing driver Mark Webber is reportedly the buyer of a Noosa mansion offloaded by former competitive tennis player,
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Hugh Hefner’s Holmby Park Mansion Sells
THE family home occuped by Hugh Hefner and his wife Kimberley, opposite the famous “Playboy Mansion” in Los Angeles’ ritzy Holmby Park has sold for an undisclosed sum.
The 80-year old, 7,300 square foot English style mansion includes five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, and is on a 2.3 acre block of land behind private gates near the prestigious Los Angeles Country Club.
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Terri Irwin Offloads Part of Property Portfolio
TERRI Irwin has been quietly listing for sale properties that formed part of the $20 million portfolio she built with late husband Steve.
The owner of Australia Zoo has sold at least one property “at a loss”, and is reportedly offering more investments including four abutting the massive tourist attraction, and which were purchased as part of expansion plans. Properties have been listed for sale since late last year.
A zoo spokeswoman said it had been affected by the recent downturn in tourism. “In response to this, we have conducted an extensive and thorough review of the business and our operations, exploring all other avenues of cost savings right across the business.”
The largest property being offered, at Peachester, spreads over 95 hectares and has views of the Glass Mountains. It’s asking $1.25 million.
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Glenn McGrath to Sell $6 Million Waterfront Cronulla Estate
SPORTSMAN Glenn McGrath can expect $6 million from the sale of his waterfront estate in Sydney’s Cronulla.
The former Australian text cricketer purchased the 3300 square metre property, with a pool, cabana and outdoor kitchen, in 2006. He wasmarried last November in the home’s large rear yard (image from the yard, right).
The five bedroom home also has a boat shed.
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Michael Clarke Leaves Bondi
AUSTRALIAN Cricket Captain Michael Clarke will this weekend vacate the $6 million Bondi apartment he once shared with former girlfriend
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Jacqui O to Sell Paddington Terrace For $3 Million
TELEVISION and radio personality Jacqui O has outgrown her inner-city Sydney terrace (right).
The new mum has listed the four-bedroom Elizabeth Street, Paddington home for sale with price expectations of about $3 million.
Jacqui with husband Lee Henderson will make a permanent tree-change to a new home they have constructed at Kangaroo Valley, on the NSW south coast. A studio will be developed at that home where the broadcaster will work from.
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Pauline Hanson’s Outgoing Serendipity Estate, Coleyville, Expected to Sell For $1 Million
FORMER politician Pauline Hanson will sell her country estate in south-east Queensland, ahead of a move to Britain.
The Coleyville home, Serendipity, is set on 147 acres and is about a 20 minute drive from Ipswich. The home is expected to sell for about $1 million, according to real estate agent Keith Edwards.
In the shape of a Y, the timber and brick home includes eight foot wide verandahs and raked cypress pine ceilings.
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Jodhi Meares Buys House in Hawaii
FORMER bikini model Jodhi Meares is reported to have purchased a luxury home in Hawaii’s exclusive Pipeline Beach. The former
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Wayne Carey to Sell $3 Million Gold Coast Mansion
FORMER AFL footballer Wayne Carey has listed for sale a newly built Broadbeach Waters mansion he was to have occupied with his ex-girlfriend.
Agents are expecting about $3 million for the 70 square waterfront home, which includes four bedrooms, a media room, 15 metre tiled lap pool, private beach and 11 metre boat jetty.
Wayne Carey purchased the home in late 2007 for $1.265 million before undertaking a major renovation.
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Supermodel Jennifer Hawkins in the House Market Again
FORMER Miss Universe, turned television presenter and Myer “face”, Jennifer Hawkins, is in the market for a new home around
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Dermott Brereton sells Brighton duplex
Footballer turned commentator Dermott Brereton has sold a near-new duplex in Brighton’s William Street. The double-storey dwelling with three bedrooms
Read morePRC, Russell Crowe, Tipped to Bid For $15 Million Bellevue Hill Mansion, Sydney
THE People’s Republic of China is expected to take on New Zealand actor Russell Crowe, in bidding for a $15 million Sydney mansion, once used by the French government as a consulate.
The Victoria Road estate, Le Manoir, will be auctioned this evening at an invitation-only event in which prospective buyers have to make a refundable $50,000 deposit, just to make a bid.
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Hawthorn FC Executive Stuart Fox to Sell Gherang Estate
HAWTHORN Football Club chief executive Stuart Fox, and wife Sybella, are selling the Wirraminna farm they acquired in 2002 in Gherang, via Moriac – some 10 minutes north east of Anglesea, and 15 minutes east of Torquay.
Translated as “peaceful beside the water”, Wirraminna spreads over two hectares and includes three rainwater tanks, two paddocks and a dam which could accommodate horses or cattle.
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Jo Stanley Sells Elwood House For $1.26 Million
RADIO personality Jo Stanley (pictured, right) has sold the Elwood home she outgrew for $1.26 million.
Stanley, with husband Darren McFarlane, purchased the renovated three-bedroom terrace about five years ago – about three years before the arrival of daughter Willow.
Near the beach and Elwood village, the semi-detached Edwardian has two living areas and a relatively large side yard.
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Livinia Nixon Sells Historic Middle Park Home
WEATHERGIRL and television show co-host Livinia Nixon (pictured), with husband Alistair Jack, a builder, have offloaded their renovated Middle Park home.
The double storey, four-bedroom red brick home is understood to have sold for about $3.5 million, sources speculate, after passing in at auction earlier this month for $3.42 million.
Jack, and Nixon, who married in 2009 and welcomed new son Henry in January, are now reportedly looking for another “renovation rescue” project.
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Tony Mokbel’s Former Brunswick Mansion Hits The Rental Market
DIEHARD underbelly fans can live a piece of the underworld lifestyle, with Tony Mokbel’s former family home, in Brunswick, quietly hitting the rental market.
The five bedroom mansion at 9 – 11 Downs Street (pictured, right) was offered for sale early last year, but the listing, nor sale – which settled earlier this year – could be reported because of a recently lifted suppression order.
The new owners are asking $1300 per week for the double-storey home which police believe Mokbel funded through drug activities. The registered owner while he occupied the home was Mokbel’s sister-in-law, Renate.
Ownership of the Brunswick property was transferred to the Attorney General of Victoria in late 2009, under the Confiscation Act 1997.
Paul Grabowski to Sell St Kilda East Home
COMPOSER, pianist and one-time television personality Paul Grabowsky, is moving out of St Kilda East, in Melbourne.
Grabowsky, who is renowned for his passion of jazz music, can expect some $1.5 million from the sale of his renovated four bedroom Californian Bungalow which will be auctioned next month.
The Papua New Guinea born musician grew up in suburban Melbourne’s Glen Waverley and first studied music at age five. His passion for jazz started at 16, while at Wesley College which was one of the few Melbourne colleges at the time to boast a jazz ensemble.
After travelling and performing for several years, Grabowski returned to Melbourne in 1986, later landing a high profile job as band front-man for Network Seven’s popular Tonight Live With Steve Vizard show, which ran from 1990 to 1993.
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Actors Reg Gorman and Judith Roberts to Sell St Kilda East Apartment
ACTORS Reg Gorman and Judith Roberts are selling a renovated apartment in St Kilda East’s historic Ardoch development.
Built in 1922, Ardoch is reportedly one place Dame Nellie Melba stayed when in town, and where Russian spy Mrs Petrov was hidden.
At 8 Ardoch Avenue (pictured,right), the two bedroom apartment will be auctioned at 11:30am this Saturday and is expected to sell for about $700,000. Marshall White Armadale’s John Manton is the marketing agent.
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John Foreman to Sell St Kilda West Penthouse
MUSICAL director, pianist, composer – and inadvertent television personality – John Foreman is selling a waterfront St Kilda West penthouse.
The three-bedroom apartment, with basement underground parking for two cars, will be auctioned at 12:30pm next Saturday where it’s expected to fetch between $930,000 and $1.02 million.
With a study nook and three balconies, the penthouse at 358 Beaconsfield Parade captures water views from the open plan living/dining room, and one of the bedrooms.
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Historic Balwyn Mansion Canonbury For Sale Again
HISTORIC Balwyn estate Canonbury has hit the market again.
Built in the 1860s for leading land and commission broker Edward Lamont, Canonbury at 9 Barnsbury Road has since been owned by businessman John Elliott and former AFL commissioner, the late Ron Evans.
The five bedroom, five bathroom renovated Victorian mansion sits amid a Baron von Mueller designed garden, with a 141-year old Spanish cork oak tree. 
