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‘This is an outlier’: Renovated Melbourne unit fetches $670,000 at auction

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Redman, E. (2026, September 28). ‘This is an outlier’: Renovated Melbourne unit fetches $670,000 at auction. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/this-is-an-outlier-renovated-melbourne-unit-fetches-670-000-at-auction-20260928-p610yu.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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A renovated two-bedroom unit in Noble Park, Melbourne, sold at auction for $670,000, exceeding its price guide of $600,000 to $660,000. The sale attracted four registered bidders and was won by first-time home buyers over downsizing competitors. Century 21 Wilson Pride selling agent Travis Bockman noted this as an outlier in the current market downturn, highlighting the unique appeal of the property's size and renovation quality.

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At a Melbourne auction on Saturday, a fully renovated two-bedroom unit in Noble Park was sold for $670,000, surpassing its estimated value of $600,000 to $660,000. The property, located at 1/19 Simon Avenue, includes a backyard and carport on a spacious block of 352 square metres. Despite being one of the 291 properties scheduled for auction that week, it saw significant interest with four registered bidders and three participating actively. Bidding started at $600,000, climbing in increments as high as $10,000 initially before narrowing down to $1,000 increments post-reserve price of $650,000. The sale went to a first-home buyer couple over downsizers from the northern suburbs who were also interested. Domain reported a preliminary clearance rate of 52% for the week, reflecting a noticeable drop in auction volume due to the AFL Grand Final long weekend.

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Elizabeth Redman

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🔮 “You can wait for a better deal but you might not get a better property.”

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🔮 Under the old system, the price range would have likely still been in place on auction day, and the reserve would have been set on the day.

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🔮 The vendors will upsize.

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🔮 But the auction market remains well below the 60 per cent threshold that would indicate a market balanced between buyers and sellers.

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🔮 Increasing housing supply in these regions could help – in some small towns only a few extra homes could make a difference, he noted.

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🔮 If the property is priced correctly it will sell,” he said.

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🔮 I thought it might at least get the reserve.

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Century 21 Wilson Pride Domain Melbourne the AFL Grand Final the Reserve Bank

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Melbourne GPE · 2× Barry Plant Craigieburn ORG · 1× Bockman PERSON · 1× Century 21 Wilson Pride ORG · 1× Craigieburn GPE · 1× Domain ORG · 1× Romi Sleiman PERSON · 1× Sleiman PERSON · 1× Travis Bockman PERSON · 1× the Reserve Bank ORG · 1×

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Downsizers from Melbourne’s northern suburbs whose children live nearby won the auction. “I don’t think they were going to let it go,” Barry Plant Craigieburn selling agent Romi Sleiman said.

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🔮 Once rate hikes cease, he thought confidence would return.

2026-09-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘This is an outlier’: Renovated Melbourne unit fetches $670,000 at auction · assertive framing

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Investors sold their Noble Park unit to a first home buyer couple for $670,000 at auction on Saturday, beating downsizers to the keys. asserted

Investors → sell → keys

The two-bedroom, two-bathroom home at 1/19 Simon Avenue had been fully renovated and came with a backyard and carport, and was set on a large block of 352 square metres. asserted

home → renovate → metres

The property was one of 291 scheduled to go to auction in Melbourne this week. asserted

property → schedule → Melbourne

By Saturday evening, Domain recorded a preliminary auction clearance rate of 52 per cent from 178 reported results throughout the week, while 29 auctions were withdrawn. asserted

auctions → record → week

Withdrawn auctions are counted as unsold properties when calculating the clearance rate. asserted

auctions → withdraw → rate

The volume of auctions dropped to less than a third of the 918 scheduled the week prior because of the long weekend for the AFL Grand Final. asserted

volume → drop → Final

The Noble Park home was listed with a price guide of $600,000 to $660,000. asserted

home → list → 660,000

Four bidders registered and three participated in the auction, Century 21 Wilson Pride selling agent Travis Bockman said. asserted

Bockman → register → auction

Bidding began at $600,000 and rose in $10,000 increments at first, then by offers of $5000. asserted

Bidding → begin → 5000

After reaching the reserve price of $650,000, the stride shortened to bids as small as $1000. asserted

stride → reach → 1000

A first-home buyer couple won the keys, while the underbidders were downsizers. Bockman thought the home stood out due to its renovation and land size. asserted

home → win → renovation

“This is an outlier,” he said. asserted

he → say → ?

“To have four parties interested in one property is an outlier.” asserted

parties → interest → property

He said the market broadly is on a downward trajectory, noting the chance of another interest rate rise when the Reserve Bank meets on Tuesday. asserted

Bank → say → Tuesday

Once rate hikes cease, he thought confidence would return. asserted

confidence → cease → ?

“There are people wanting to buy, they want to move, they want to transact. asserted

they → be → ?

They are just waiting for this cloudiness.” asserted

They → wait → cloudiness

In Craigieburn, a downsizing couple won a hot auction for a three-bedroom house, paying $783,000 under the hammer. asserted

couple → downsize → hammer

The home at 73 Scenery Drive was set on a 453-square-metre block and listed with a price guide of $679,000 to $729,000. asserted

home → set → 729,000

Three bidders competed, starting with a bid of $650,000. The price rose quickly in a mix of $10,000 and $5000 increments to reach and surpass the reserve of $730,000. asserted

price → compete → 730,000

Downsizers from Melbourne’s northern suburbs whose children live nearby won the auction. “I don’t think they were going to let it go,” Barry Plant Craigieburn selling agent Romi Sleiman said. asserted

Sleiman → live → auction

He thought the home felt spacious and well-proportioned, because it did not have a fourth bedroom squeezed onto the site. asserted

bedroom → think → site

A first-home buyer was runner up, while the sellers were a young couple who have moved closer to the city. asserted

who → move → city

Records show the property last traded for $692,500 in 2023. asserted

property → show → 2023

Sleiman said there was still demand for homes in the area, and he expected to see more sales within a fortnight. asserted

he → say → fortnight

“I am starting to see a lot more buyer demand as we come into spring.” asserted

we → start → spring