Top bid: McGrath Estate Agents auctioneer Clarence White in action on Saturday at the auction of a four-bedroom home in Gipps Road, Keiraville.Picture: CHRISTOPHER CHAN Real estate agencies are winners in the housing boom with McGrath Estate Agents selling more than $25 million worth of property in the Illawarra in March. Director Trever Molenaar said the results reflected the strength of the Wollongong property market, where auction rates were at 100 per cent for the agency's two offices at Thirroul and Wollongong during March.