Super Saturday Brings Record Breaking Results
Clearance rates continue to rise against a wealth of new listings.
By Terry Christodoulou
Mon, Mar 29, 2021 9:29am
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Despite a flood of pre-Easter listings, metro clearance rates continued to sit at incredibly strong levels.
The so-called March 27 ‘super Saturday’ saw all capitals report clearance rates above 80%. Further, each capital recorded more listings than last year’s equivalent weekend, with the exception of Brisbane.
The Sydney housing market continues to soar to unprecedented heights recording a clearance of 90.4%, the city’s fourth result over 90% in the last 5 weekends.
A total of 1227 auctions were listed for Saturday, well above the previous weekend’s 856 and the Covid-impacted 1058 recorded over the same weekend last year.
Sydney’s median price for houses sold at auction on the weekend was $1,573,000, 2.3% lower than the previous weekend’s $1,610,000.
Melbourne, meanwhile, hosted 1593 home auctions on Saturday, up on the previous weekend’s 1117 and higher than the 1400 on the same weekend last year.
Despite the record number of offerings, the Victorian capital recorded its highest clearance rate since January 30 at 83.7%.
Melbourne recorded a median price of $1,015,000 for houses sold, 3.6% higher than the previous weekend’s $980.000.
Melbourne recorded a median price of $1,015,000 houses sold at auction on the weekend which was 3.6% higher than the previous weekend’s $980.000.
While ascendent year-on-year, such figures must be framed by the fact the equivalent 2020 weekend saw Sydney and Melbourne locked down due to COVID.
Brisbane, as mentioned, saw 114 homes listed for auction this past weekend, down on last year’s 131, however recorded a clearance rate of 82.3%.
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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.”
