Alan Bond’s former Dalkeith mansion sells for $39m

The former home of controversial Perth businessman Alan Bond has sold for $39 million.

The Dalkeith property (pictured, far right) is the second most expensive home sale to take place in Perth recently. In 2009, mineral resources director Chris Ellison paid $57 million for the Mosman Park home of mining heiress Angela Bennett.

Mr Ellison’s colleague, Steve Wyatt, founding shareholder in mining services company Mineral Resources, is the buyer of Mr Bond’s former home. It was offloaded by former goldminer Barry Patterson, according to the AFR.

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Mosman Tops National Survey – Dollar Value Sales

MOSMAN, in Sydney, ranked as the suburb to record the highest dollar value of sales in the year to July 2010 – almost $851 million.

Research group RP Data has published a survey ranking the country’s top performing suburbs.

Using the total value of property sold for the year, the suburb of Brighton ranked highest for Victoria.

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