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Back in 2014, when the Sydney property market was in an upward swing, Kate and Charles Gerahty found they were quickly being priced out of their ideal suburb of Paddington. However, a serendipitous auction (attended by Kate’s parents) with only a few bidders won them a property in the beachside suburb of Bronte, a pretty decent second choice. “Our search area had been from Paddington through to Bondi, then to Maroubra,”