The 7 must-know numbers of the week

The number of Melbourne auctions scheduled for the weekend of November 26. Melbourne typically can have five or so 1,000-plus auction weekends each year, but November 26 will be the first this year. There were some 950-auction weekends during late autumn, according to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria.

The price achieved for the 150-year-old Barambah homestead, one of the oldest stations in Queensland. More than $4 million was being sought. Barambah Station’s renovation was awarded the inaugural 2009 Gabriel Poole Award for Building of the Year.

The amount that Refund Home Loans owes its 119 creditors, including many franchisees. Earlier reports said Refund was placed into voluntary administration owing $2.5 million. There has been no indication yet as to what the assets of the company are worth.

The size of a vacant residential block in Paradise Waters belonging to Gold Coast developer Jim Raptis put up for receivership auction. The waterfront Commodore Drive property was seized by receivers after Raptis failed to find a buyer earlier this year.

The amount (in US dollars) that actor and tiger blood connoisseur Charlie Sheen secured for the LA mansion he sold to Big Bang Theory star Simon Helberg and Helberg's partner, Jocelyn Towne.

The rental yields achieved by some Sydney studio apartments. Studios can command rental yields of 1% to 1.5% higher than one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, though they do not have as much potential for capital growth.

The cost of the planned transformation of the Western Australian mining town Karratha, in the Pilbara, into a city of 50,000 residents. Mirvac has been awarded preferred tenderer status.