‘Close to water': Sydney's prestige suburb outperforming the rest
Among Sydney suburbs with a median house price of $4 million or more, Bellevue Hill recorded the highest median house price growth over the five years to end of March, climbing 71.1 per cent to $9,625,000, on Domain data.
Bellevue Hill was followed by Northbridge, with a median house price of $5,160,000 and growth of 68.1 per cent. The remaining top five spots were taken by Mosman, which rose 63.9 per cent to $5,373,500; South Coogee, up 62.1 per cent at $4,400,000; and nearby Coogee, up 60.8 per cent over five years to $4,325,000.
Rounding out the top 10 were North Bondi (up 46.2 per cent), Woollahra (up 44 per cent), Hunters Hill (up 40.8 per cent), Vaucluse (up 39.9 per cent) and Manly (up 37.6 per cent).
Ray White Group chief economist Nerida Conisbee said interest rates being 'so low' during COVID was a reason for luxury property to perform well over the five years.
'We tend to think of super wealthy people not using borrowing to buy homes, but a lot of them would have because when you can borrow at an extremely low-interest rate, it makes sense to borrow money and then invest your cash,' she said.
'So, not all of those areas are on the beach, obviously, but a lot of them are quite close to water. So that was also a significant trend; that when people were locked down, they did want to be in places that were walkable, close to water, in a really pleasant environment.'
High interest rates had led to a softening of the luxury property market, Conisbee said.
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