Brendon Goddard’s former Brighton East home took a few extra weeks to sell after it went under the hammer, but scored an extra $200,000 after the delay. Former Essendon Football Club captain Brendon Goddard has sold his $2.2m Brighton East home two weeks after an auction stalled and it was rushed behind closed doors.
The late result has helped boost sales numbers in the lead up to Monday’s King’s Birthday public holiday, and on this week’s auction front PropTrack figures show there was a 62.7 per cent clearance rate from 332 results reported yesterday. Goddard and wife Rosie had spent two weeks trying to finalise the disposal of their Plunket St home after it passed in at $2m on May 18, with an offer made about a week ago becoming unconditional late this week.
RELATED: Real estate auction blog: Brunswick classic snares $250k bonus Ten affordable Melbourne suburbs liveable enough to make them worth the money Victorian suburbs owners never want to leave turning them into millionaires The ex-Bombers defender has since returned to the Saints where his AFL career started and now works as a development coach. Industry sources have indicated the delay added $200,000 to the best offer under the hammer. Buxton director Chris Hassall yesterday confirmed a sale had been finalised with a deal struck late in May now unconditional, and while he would not confirm a sale price acknowledged it was above where it had landed on auction day.
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