The Aporia · Inner west five bedder sells for $7m despite ‘inconsistent’ market

Robyn Willis

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🔮 “But anyone who has been looking since May is still looking.”

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🔮 Ray White chief economist Nerida Conisbee said the scattered nature of the price falls across all parts of the housing market indicated that the downturn had become more entrenched, as the impact of rate rises, higher inflation and Federal budget changes announced in May played out.

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🔮 Principal of Guildea Residential, Jason Guildea, said he was surprised by the types of buyers who had shown interest in the property. “I thought it would be someone with young children because of the space, but the interest has generally been from grandparents looking to move from steeper blocks into something more child-friendly,” he said.

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🔮 “She said that was the maximum she could afford to spend with the current rate rises,” Errichiello said.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · A single bid secures keys to inner west home for $150,000 below reserve

🔮 Sales agent for Adrian William, Norman Tran, said the size of the bids and re-adjusted reserve were an indication that there was still a “price sensitivity” in the market. “That is requiring vendors to re-align expectations if they want to sell,” he said.

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🔮 Some buyers think they can wait because it feels like [the market] is continuing to go down but if they wait, those quality homes may not be there.”

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🔮 But one group, a family from interstate, advised her on Friday that while they would attend, they would not be registering.

2026-09-19 · assertive framing · Vendor rejects higher offer to sell Northern Beaches home for $4 million

🔮 “It is proof that good properties will attract competitive bidding and the auction process is still the most transparent process for buyers and vendors.”

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A family of six returning to Australia from Singapore paid $7 million for a five-bedroom home in Balmain at auction on Saturday. asserted

family → return → Saturday

All three registered bidders vied for the keys to 14B Grafton Street with bidding opening at $6.4 million. asserted

bidding → register → million

Bids went up in increments of $50,000 until it reached $6.9 million when they slowed to smaller bids of $10,000 and $1000 and the property sold. It had a guide of $6.8 million and a reserve of $7 million. asserted

It → go → million

There is no legal requirement for a vendor’s reserve to be in line with their property’s price guide. asserted

reserve → be → guide

The successful bidders were attracted by the ability of the property to accommodate the whole family, including their four teenage and young adult children. asserted

bidders → attract → children

The underbidders were a couple from the inner west who had been looking to buy for two years. asserted

who → look → years

Sales agent for Belle Property Balmain, Monique Dower, said the vendors plan to downsize. asserted

vendors → say → Balmain

She said while the market remained “inconsistent”, the auction environment was still the best method to get a property sold. asserted

property → say → ?

“Shorter days on market is always the best way forward to create competition and get a result,” she said. asserted

she → create → result

“We had realistic vendors with realistic expectations.” asserted

We → have → expectations

The property was one of 732 scheduled to go to auction in Sydney this week. asserted

property → schedule → Sydney

In Coogee, in Sydney’s east, a three-bedroom unrenovated house less than 15 minutes’ walk from Coogee Beach sold for $3,315,000. asserted

house → sell → 3,315,000

Nine parties registered to bid for the Federation-era house on a 342 square metre site, with six bidders raising their paddles. asserted

bidders → register → paddles

Bidding for 29 Melody Street started at $2.7 million, going up in increments of $50,000 until it reached $3 million, when it dropped back to smaller bids of $10,000 and $25,000 and the property sold. asserted

property → start → 10,000

It had a guide of $3 million and a reserve of $3.2 million. asserted

It → have → million

The vendor is moving into aged care. asserted

vendor → move → care

Ray White Eastern Beaches sales agent Angus Gorrie said the new owner was “excited about the possibilities” for the site. asserted

owner → say → site

He said the highest offer made for the property during the campaign was $2.8 million. asserted

offer → say → campaign

Prior to auction day, he was not expecting such a strong showing from potential buyers, who were almost exclusively builders and owner builders. asserted

who → expect → buyers

“Buyers get confidence buying off someone else in the room,” he said. asserted

he → get → room

If someone else likes it, [often] it makes them like it more.” asserted

them → like → it

Inner west five bedder sells for $7m despite ‘inconsistent’ market

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