Xiaoyan Shao was on a whirlwind visit to Sydney in late June when he rented a Rolls-Royce and looked at a handful of houses for sale in Mosman.
It was the last house he looked at on the afternoon of June 30 that finally caught his eye, so the story goes, prompting the Chinese businessman to agree to buy the Balmoral slopes property for $7.2 million.
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The $7.2 million sale would have incurred an extra $288,000 in stamp duty surcharge if it exchanged the next day. Photo: Supplied