Unprecedented Weekend Auction Results
Beyond the majors, Adelaide claims close to 100 per cent clearance rate.
By Terry Christodoulou
Mon, Mar 8, 2021 4:16am
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Following last weekend’s bumper results, Saturday, March 6 produced more impressive returns with each capital city recording a weekend auction clearance rates above 80%.
The unprecedented result saw Adelaide (97.1%) and Brisbane (close to 90%) as standout markets.
Sydney, meanwhile, reported a rate of 86.8% – down on last weekend’s record-breaking 90.0%, but up on the 90.5% reported over the same weekend last year.
The median price for houses sold at auction in Sydney was $1,704,000, higher than the previous weekend’s $1,645,500 and 17.5% above the $1,450,000 recoded over the same weekend last year.
The upper north shore reported the top clearance rate results at 90.8%.
Despite being a holiday weekend, Melbourne posted another strong Saturday with a rate of 80.6% – slightly lower than the previous weekend (82.0%) but well ahead of the 71.9% reported for the same period last year.
Melbourne recorded a median price of $948,000 for auctioned houses, lower than the previous weekend’s $1,002,500 Prices however were 10.9% higher than the $855,000 recorded over the same holiday weekend last year.
Data powered by Dr Andrew Wilson of MyHousingMarket.com.au
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The imposing stone structures, with towers, turrets and a hot tub room, lord over the landscape near the mountain resort town of Sandpoint.
By Liz Lucking
Mon, Jul 13, 2026 2 min
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Idaho is not a place that’s often associated with Medieval castles, but a pair have just hit the market for $6.25 million.
The imposing stone structures have towers, turrets, ramparts, arrow-slit windows and even a drawbridge, and might just be the most authentic-looking castles this side of the Atlantic.
“Who expects to see a castle like this in Idaho?” said listing agent Brenda Burk of Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty, who brought the property to the market last week. They are, she said, “extremely unusual.”
Schweitzer Castle and Château de Melusine, as they’re known, stand within Schweitzer Mountain Resort in the Selkirk Mountains and overlook the nearby mountain resort town of Sandpoint. They take in panoramic views of Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho’s largest lake.
The pair of ski-in/ski-out homes each have three bedrooms, two bathrooms and three stories, Burk explained. They are “so authentic,” she said. “Every single stone was handlaid.”
Schweitzer Castle, she said, wasn’t built for “functionality,” but has been modernized and adapted and now has everything a 21st-century residence requires, along with a dungeon, which for some buyers may also be a requisite.
The chateau, meanwhile, has a hot tub room with mountain views, as well as a garage.
The property is being sold furnished, and will come complete with the hand-carved statues, armor, mounted swords, stained-glass windows and a host of antiques dating to the 15th and 16th centuries.
The owner, an antique collector who couldn’t be reached for comment, “is always looking for that hidden jewel and he found that here,” Burk said.
The next custodian is likely to stem from a varied pool of buyers, Burk said, that would include “the trophy-home buyer, someone who can say ‘I own a castle.’”
The property could also appeal to someone looking for a vacation home, or a multi-generational estate, and beyond that “there’s the dreamers,” she said. “We definitely try to market to people who like Medieval history or maybe do Renaissance fairs.”
The seller “really wants it to go to someone with the same passion.”
