Lucy Macken

The house might only have two bedrooms, one bathroom and a carport, but its privacy and location have set a beachfront record for the North Coast.

This year was not without a few sleepless nights for the wealthy. Not so much over rising interest rates, but the dearth of trophy homes for sale.

A pre-Christmas rush on settlements reveals where the Spotify boss Mikaela Lancaster expects to spend summer, as Mosman scores a last-minute $19 million deal.

The Dover Heights house owned by missing fraudster Melissa Caddick was sold on Friday afternoon.

Film critic Margaret Pomeranz sells her long-held Patonga home to buy nearby; NBL owner Larry Kestelman joins the ranks of Noosa’s billionaires; and Gina Rinehart has another Noosa holiday home to visit on her next trip.

The Point Piper vintage boat shed Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch bought last year for $38.5 million is set for a renovation.

Jennifer Hawkins and Jake Wall have barely begun building their next luxury mansion on the Whale Beach clifftop than they look to have already found a buyer.

Celebrity businessman Andrew Banks owned his Double Bay investment digs less than four years, but still managed to see it jump in value almost $4 million in that time.

Michael Menghong Gu fled the country 18 months ago but the trappings of his lavish lifestyle are still coming to light, only to be sold off by receivers.

If you thought the 22 per cent rise in Sydney’s median house price offered a windfall for home sellers, check out just how well Sydney’s trophy homeowners did this year.