The Vaucluse home of businessman Alex Ma that sold this week was snapped up sight unseen for $31m by an Aussie expat based in Chicago.

Sources have told the Wentworth Courier exclusively that the woman is planning to soon return home with her American husband to the luxury seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom Hermitage Estate home at 20A Vaucluse Road.

And what a home to come back to — designed by the renowned architect, Bruce Stafford, the residence maximises its world-class Sydney

Wealthy Sydney families are going to be fighting over the 1920s-era Hollywood-style mansion of the venture capitalist Squareknot executive director, Michael Seder, and his wife, Kim, which is up for October auction with an $11m price guide.

The four-bedroom, four-bathroom home with double garage at 17 March Street, Bellevue Hill — built on one of the highest spots in the suburb — is listed with Ray White Double Bay’s Ashley Bierman and principal Elliott

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Demand for property has shown signs of returning to pre-COVID-19 levels across much of Australia as households pump money they would have spent on travel or entertainment into housing instead.

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed mortgage approvals have been tracking up since the market hit a trough in May, despite the weaker economy and mounting job losses.

There were just 22,941 mortgage approvals in May, but the number shot up by 25 per cent to hit 28,322

As the pandemic news improves, the big property sales keep coming — the latest being the Vaucluse home of businessman Alex Ma which has fetched for more than $30m.

The seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom Hermitage Estate home at 20A Vaucluse Road — which Ma bought for $26.5 million in 2017 — was first listed last February after Ma, 30, had snapped up two waterfront homes on Carrara Rd for $56 million in late 2018.

Agents Peter Leipnik and Alex George of BadgerFox, had declared the house sold last March, but