Darling Point Apartment Sets Suburb Record
Inside this record breaking $25 million-plus sale.
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The sale of an apartment for over $25 million in Sydney’s blue-ribbon enclave of Darling Point has set a new suburb record.
Not only is it the highest sale for the Sydney suburb for more than 18 months, but also steams past the previous $16.8 million record for an apartment set in June by the off-the-plan sale of a development on Yarranabbe Road.
The exact price paid for the home remains undisclosed by 1st City Double Bay’s Julian Hasemer. The property was listed less than two weeks ago with a $25 million guide and has sold well before the November 4 deadline.
According to posts by the agency’s social media accounts, the result came in at more than $25 million.
The apartment in question is a two-storey spread that has formal and informal living areas and uninterrupted harbour views to the city skyline, five bedrooms an internal lift and a swimming pool.
The apartment sold was one of two in the block built by yachtie Hugo van Kretschmar and his wife Karen after they bought the site in 2004 for $7 million and acquired the talents of Allen Jack+Cottier Architects to have them designed.
The couple kept one apartment – prior to its recent sale, with the lower-level apartment sold six months before completion to Thelma Levin wife of Park Lane Fashions boss Mervyn Levin.
Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’
Americans now think they need at least $1.25 million for retirement, a 20% increase from a year ago, according to a survey by Northwestern Mutual
Capital cities lead the way as median home values see clear upswing
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Home values continue their upwards trajectory, recording the strongest monthly growth in 18 months, CoreLogic data shows.
The property data provider reports that their Home Value Index has noted a third consecutive rise in values in May, accelerating 1.2 percent over the past month. This is on the back of a 0.6 percent increase in March and 0.5 percent rise in April.
Sydney recorded the strongest results, up 1.8 percent, the highest recorded in the city since September 2021. The fall in Sydney’s home values bottomed in January but have since accelerated sharply by 4.8 percent, adding $48,390 to the median dwelling value.
Melbourne recorded more modest gains, with home values increasing by 0.9 percent, bringing the total rise this quarter to 1.6 percent. It was the smaller capitals of Brisbane (up 1.4 percent) and Perth (up 1.3 percent) that reported stronger gains.
CoreLogic research director Tim Lawless said the lack of housing stock was an obvious influence on the growing values.
“Advertised listings trended lower through May with roughly 1,800 fewer capital city homes advertised for sale relative to the end of April. Inventory levels are -15.3 percent lower than they were at the same time last year and -24.4 percent below the previous five-year average for this time of year,” he said.
“With such a short supply of available housing stock, buyers are becoming more competitive and there’s an element of FOMO creeping into the market.
“Amid increased competition, auction clearance rates have trended higher, holding at 70 percent or above over the past three weeks. For private treaty sales, homes are selling faster and with less vendor discounting.”
Vendor discounting has been a feature in some parts of the country, particularly prestige regional areas that saw rapid price rises during the pandemic – and subsequent falls as people returned to the workplace in major centres.
The CoreLogic Home Value Index reports while prices appear to have found the floor in regional areas, the pace of recovery has been slower.
“Although regional home values are trending higher, the rate of gain hasn’t kept pace with the capitals. Over the past three months, growth in the combined capitals index was more than triple the pace of growth seen across the combined regionals at 2.8% and 0.8% respectively,” Mr Lawless said.
“Although advertised housing supply remains tight across regional Australia, demand from net overseas migration is less substantial. ABS data points to around 15% of Australia’s net overseas migration being centred in the regions each year. Additionally, a slowdown in internal migration rates across the regions has helped to ease the demand side pressures on housing.”
Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’
Americans now think they need at least $1.25 million for retirement, a 20% increase from a year ago, according to a survey by Northwestern Mutual
