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Megan Gale puts waterfront Melbourne mansion up for sale

Megan Gale has listed her Aberfeldie property.

Megan Gale has listed her Aberfeldie property. Photo: Alexkarbon Real Estate

Model Megan Gale has put her luxury Melbourne mansion up for sale.

Gale bought the contemporary home, which has a ‘Maribyrnong River panorama’ from the master bedroom, in 2013 for $2.375 million.

Located in Aberfeldie, in Melbourne’s north-west, the house boasts five bedrooms and five bathrooms, as well as a theatre room, fully imported Italian kitchen and a salt water, solar-heated infinity pool, the Sunday Telegraph reports.

Gale, who has a two-year-old son River with AFL footballer Shaun Hampson, recently sold the last of her Sydney properties.

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Gale purchased the home for $2.3 million less than four years ago. Photo: Alexkarbon Real Estate

Megan Gale says she's found a 'great partner' in AFL player Shaun Hampson.

Megan Gale and Richmond footballer Shaun Hampson. Photo: Getty

Meanwhile, the Melbourne house where 1980s heart-throb Rick Springfield spent a few formative years before he headed off to the United States sold at weekend auction for $1.13 million.

After competition between four bidders, Springfield’s former Parkdale home was secured by a young couple who saw the classic clinker brick home for the first time on auction morning.

Buyers Wei Gu and his wife Jiegiong Zhan also only heard the Sydney-born rocker’s No.1 hit Jessie’s Girl for the first time when it was played prior to the auction.

Hodges Mentone selling agent Mark Eddy said it was a great result.

“Rick and his brother Michael will be pleased that their mother’s home of many years has sold,” Eddy told the Herald Sun.

Eileen Springthorpe died last December, aged well into her 90s.

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Rick Springfield’s former home. Photo: Hodges

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The rocker’s place sold for $1.13 million. Photo: Hodges

Domain Group chief economist Andrew Wilson told Domain the upbeat Melbourne auction market had passed another test, but a record super Saturday of auctions loomed next weekend, further testing the depth of buyer support. 

Home sales across the nation ranged from $166,000 to $5.68 million at weekend auctions.

Both sales were in Victoria, with a likely Brighton knockdown selling at $580,000 above reserve at an executor’s auction for $5.68 million. It was a 720 sqm St Ninians Road offering.

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The St Ninians Road, Brighton, home sits in a prime bayside location. Photo: Marshall White

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It has three alfresco areas comprising paved courtyard, barbecue area and north-facing wraparound deck. Photo: Marshall White

The cheapest was a one-bedroom unit at Bacchus Marsh, 57 kilometres out of Melbourne, which was sold for $166,000.

It last sold at $101,000 in 2006, reflecting 4.7 percent annual growth for the Grant Street townhouse which was marketed as having an expected rental return of $190 to $210 per week.

A prime parkside home in Sydney’s Chatswood fetched $4,955,000, the second-most expensive result at auctions across Australia over the weekend.

Located at 47 Stanley Street, the property was marketed as “an ideal combination of prime positioning and powerful potential”.

The solid five-bedroom Federation home on a 925 sq m block was knocked down to a local owner-occupier at about 15 per cent above its reserve.

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The Chatswood property has five bedrooms, including a guest suite with kitchenette and bathroom. Photo: LJ Hooker

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It has marble fireplaces, high ornate ceilings and polished floors. Photo: LJ Hooker

The combined capital city weekend clearance rate remains in the high 70s, despite mid-February auction volumes reaching the highest level so far this year, according to CoreLogic’s auction commentator Kevin Brogan.

The larger volume was driven by a substantial rise across the Sydney and Melbourne markets, while there was a small decrease across the smaller capital cities.

The strongest clearance rates, based on preliminary data, were in Sydney and Canberra, where 83 per cent and 81 per cent of auctions returned a successful result.

A 2011 Philip Leeson-designed Yarralumla house sold for $2.4 million with Peter Blackshaw Manuka agent Mario Sanfrancesco signing up seven registered bidders.

The Schlich Street block cost $861,000 in 2008.

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This home sold for $2.4 million. Photo: Peter Blackshaw Real Estate

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Nature plays an integral role in the home. Photo: Peter Blackshaw Real Estate

Melbourne recorded a strong preliminary clearance rate, with 76 per cent of auctions clearing, just below the 77 per cent national average.

The preliminary combined capital city clearance rate was higher on the weekend than the 71 per cent in the same period last year.

The 2280 auctions held was slightly lower as 2347 auctions were held over the same time last year.

Melbourne hosted around 1100 auctions, around double the 556 held last weekend, and around the same seen one year ago.

The number of properties for sale is expected to rise to 1400 this weekend, with Domain’s Dr Andrew Wilson suggesting the listings were big for February when auctions were usually only just starting to build up again.

Sydney’s preliminary clearance rate this week was 83 per cent across 661 auction results.

There were a total of 844 auctions held across the city. Looking back at the same weekend last year, 800 auctions were held across Sydney and a clearance rate of 76 per cent was recorded.

Perth’s clearance rate of 36 per cent across 41 auctions was up from the previous week’s 25 per cent.

It remains the weakest auction market in the country.

Perth’s highest sale was $2.1 million when a Tudor-style Mount Pleasant riverfront reserve home sold with views of the Mount Henry Bridge on the Canning River.

It was the same price as its 2011 sale at $2.1 million.

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The Mount Pleasant house has direct river frontage. Photo: Shelmark Real Estate

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It sold for $2.1 million. Photo: Shelmark Real Estate

Brisbane’s preliminary clearance rate was 50 per cent from 117 auctions, compared to 53 per cent last week from 131 auctions.

Adelaide recorded a clearance rate of 68 per cent across 86 auctions, up from 66 per cent across 91 auctions last weekend.

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