Expats emerging from hibernation as Mosman's Rona sold pre-auction for $8 million plus

Forget that supposed over-crowded black Mercedes van carrying around would-be Chinese buyers to prestige Sydney open for inspections.

An Australian expat has snapped up the grand 1904 Mosman merchant home, Rona (pictured above) for $8 million plus ahead of this weekend's Belle Property auction.

Some 60 parties had inspected Rona which sits on a 1,445 square metre Bradleys Head Road block.

The Miller family bought the property back in 1987 for about $2.1 million with the subsequent restoration and modernisation by architect Michael Suttor.

The founder of Millers Self Storage, who sold the business in 1999, now plan spend more time at their beef cattle property near Jugiong.

As I wrote last week, those expatriates are beginning to capitalise on the lower Australian dollar, especially when they are experts in the currency rollercoaster. 

ANZ Singapore based Eddie Listorti recently spent $6.55 million at Palm Beach, for a Sydney northern beaches holiday home. 

Designed by architect Michael Fountain, the three level house (pictured below) comes with 18 metre infinity pool with a floating observation terrace. Positioned on the beach side of Northview Road, with views that span the length of Palm Beach - north to the Lighthouse, south to the rock pool - it was sold by the Doughman family through LJ Hooker Palm Beach agents David Edwards and Amethyst McKee. 

It was listed at $7.25 million last October.

In 2010 Eddie Listorti, former global head of fixed income, currencies and commodities at Dresdner Kleinwort, took the job as head foreign exchange and commodities at ANZ. His title is now ANZ's co-head of fixed income, currencies and commodities in Singapore. 

In 2010 he spent $6.5 million on a Mosman home,  Melleray, the Federation home situated on a 1,975 square metre block a few minutes from Mosman village.