Tech rich listers Collis and Cyan Ta’eed buy $8.5m North Bondi home

This house is built by Andrew Hayes and Joanne ShafferThe latter is the daughter of a late art patron and trophy collector John ShafferThe couple purchased the home in 2009 for $1.86 million.

The purchase marks a return to Sydney for the Ta’eeds, who in 2022 sold a four-bedroom semi-detached home in Windsor for $2.41 million and moved to Darwin to focus on Aboriginal-focused charitable projects.

Avalon Beach Price Champion

Co-founder, Mortgage Choice Peter Higgins and his wife Rebecca They already set the record for Avalon Beach last year. Marara Estate Sells for $40 Millioncurrently ranked second in the local housing price record list.

The couple’s latest deal saw them spend more than $20 million on a house on the Pittwater coastline.

The exact price remains unknown as LJ Hooker Palm Beach agents Peter Robinson and Jonothan Gosselin have not commented, but it is estimated at $21 million – above the $20 million guide.

This modern four-bedroom home with a jetty, swimming pool, boat shed and slipway is located near the top of Stokes Point and was once part of the estate of the late publican Finisterre. John Toohey.

In 1990, Toohey subdivided a 2,000 square meter plot of land in Finisterre and sold it to Sean Gluski and her late husband Lawrencethe fund manager’s parents Angus Gluski.

Toohey later sold Finisterre to the late yacht winemaker in 2002 for a then-record $20 million Bob Oatleyhas now dropped to the third most expensive local spot.

In 1992, Higgins co-founded Mortgage Choice with his brother RodBut he no longer serves as a director of the company after the brokerage was acquired by REA in 2021 for $244 million.

Higgins is a patient seller of the Marara estate, having listed it 13 years ago. Sold for $40 million last Aprilbut he has not yet reached an agreement on the deal.

Higgins showed the same patience in selling his Richmond polo estate, Sydney Polo Club, which was listed in 2019 with $75 million expectations but last marketed to buyers with a $55 million guide.

Bellevue Hill: Big Spend

Chunlan “Phoebe” Liu Since moving here from China, she has amassed quite a collection of high-end real estate, with her mansions valued at more than $61 million in recent years.

Ms Liu is a director of her own investment company, Phoebe Jade, and recently purchased a Bellevue Hill home for more than $26 million gold and Mike BuchananHe is an expatriate based in Singapore, responsible for Australian investments for Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek.

this Michael RobilliardThe designed home, complete with a swimming pool, basement and gym, was originally listed at $30 million.

Ms Liu first entered the high-end property auction record in 2021 when she bought an apartment in Crown Group’s 71-storey One Barangaroo building for $22.6 million, and last year she bought a house in Bellevue Hill for $12.46 million. Mark Chkarovskyson of a former state Liberal leader Kerry Chkarovsky.