1/14 Selwyn St, Merewether NSW 2291
Merewether Unit
Property features as at 8 December 2024. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date.
Technical details
How this sale compares
Sold for $730,000 in Nov 2024, up $338,000 (86%) on the $392,000 paid in Oct 2018. That is about 10.8% a year over 6 years.
Over the same period the median unit price in Merewether rose 29%, from $622,700 in 2018 to $802,500 in 2024.
The 2024 sale was 9% below the Merewether median unit price for that year ($802,500 across 114 sales).
Since then the median unit price in Merewether has risen 22%, from $802,500 in 2024 to $982,500 over the last 12 months (88 sales).
Merewether medians use NSW Valuer General sales of $50,000 or more, leaving out part-interest transfers and contracts covering several properties, and need at least 10 sales in the period. See Merewether sold prices by year.
Rent and yield
2-bedroom units in postcode 2291 rented for a median $630 a week, from 166 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $730,000 on 15 Nov 2024, that rent is a gross yield of 4.5% a year, before costs and vacancies.
Median weekly rents from residential rental bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading, by postcode and bedroom count. This home's own rent may differ. See rents by bedrooms in Merewether.
Planning controls
- Zone
- R2 Low Density Residential
- Minimum lot size
- 400 m² For subdividing the whole site, not one unit
- Maximum building height
- 8.5 m
- Floor space ratio
- 0.6:1 Floor area allowed for each square metre of site
From the Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2012 maps on the NSW Planning Portal, looked up at this address's map point on 22 Oct 2026. A control can cover only part of a site and plans change, so the council's planning certificate is the formal record. Planning data from the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, CC BY 4.0.
Related sales
Sale history
Sold is the contract date, when the sale was agreed. Settled is the date ownership transferred.
| Beds | Baths | Cars | Title reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Nov 2024 | 19 Dec 2024 | $730,000 Property features as at 8 December 2024. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1/SP18929 |
| 29 Oct 2018 | 20 Dec 2018 | $392,000 | - | - | - | 1/SP18929 |
| 24 Sep 2015 | 30 Oct 2015 | $445,000 | - | - | - | 1/SP18929 |
$730,000 Sold 15 Nov 2024
Settled19 Dec 2024
Beds2
Baths1
Cars1
Property features as at 8 December 2024. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date.
Title reference: 1/SP18929
$392,000 Sold 29 Oct 2018
Settled20 Dec 2018
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Title reference: 1/SP18929
$445,000 Sold 24 Sep 2015
Settled30 Oct 2015
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Title reference: 1/SP18929
Other sales at 14 Selwyn St
The most recent sales of other units in this building. See every sale in the building.
| Beds | Baths | Cars | Title reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 29 May 2026 | 10 Jul 2026 | $765,000 | - | - | - | 5/SP18929 |
| 2 | 19 Apr 2024 | 19 Jul 2024 | $700,000 | - | - | - | 2/SP18929 |
| 3 | 28 May 2024 | 9 Jul 2024 | $695,000 | - | - | - | 3/SP18929 |
| 2 | 8 Apr 2021 | 6 May 2021 | $600,000 | - | - | - | 2/SP18929 |
| 6 | 18 Jun 2018 | 30 Jul 2018 | $510,000 | - | - | - | 6/SP18929 |
| 3 | 19 Jun 2017 | 17 Jul 2017 | $501,000 | - | - | - | 3/SP18929 |
| 5 | 7 Dec 2016 | 11 Jan 2017 | $480,000 | - | - | - | 5/SP18929 |
| 2 | 26 Mar 2015 | 30 Apr 2015 | $425,000 | - | - | - | 2/SP18929 |
$765,000 Sold 29 May 2026
Title reference: 5/SP18929
$700,000 Sold 19 Apr 2024
Title reference: 2/SP18929
$695,000 Sold 28 May 2024
Title reference: 3/SP18929
$600,000 Sold 8 Apr 2021
Title reference: 2/SP18929
$510,000 Sold 18 Jun 2018
Title reference: 6/SP18929
$501,000 Sold 19 Jun 2017
Title reference: 3/SP18929
$480,000 Sold 7 Dec 2016
Title reference: 5/SP18929
$425,000 Sold 26 Mar 2015
Title reference: 2/SP18929
Recent sales on Selwyn St
Sold in the last two years.
- 9/21 Selwyn St, Merewether 2291 $730,000 sold 25 Aug 2026
- 74 Selwyn St, Merewether 2291 $1,365,000 sold 31 Jul 2026, 319 m²
- 83 Selwyn St, Merewether 2291 $1,050,000 sold 19 Jun 2026, 360 m²
- 3/33 Selwyn St, Merewether 2291 $800,000 sold 25 Mar 2026
- 4/21 Selwyn St, Merewether 2291 $820,000 sold 11 Mar 2026
- 1/60 Selwyn St, Merewether 2291 $975,000 sold 25 Feb 2026
- 2/65 Selwyn Street, Merewether 2291 $955,000 sold 27 Nov 2025
- 6/21 Selwyn St, Merewether 2291 $350,000 sold 14 Oct 2025
Recent sales nearby
Sold in the last 12 months within about 400 metres.
- 1/34 Morgan St, Merewether 2291 $1,216,000 sold 16 Sep 2026
- 50 Railway St, Merewether 2291 $1,435,000 sold 11 Sep 2026, 395 m²
- 46 Morgan St, Merewether 2291 $2,300,000 sold 25 Aug 2026, 832 m²
- 7 Cram St, Merewether 2291 $2,350,000 sold 11 Aug 2026, 496 m²
- 2 B Edward St, Merewether 2291 $2,340,000 sold 27 Jul 2026, 302 m²
- 3/52 Merewether St, Merewether 2291 $985,000 sold 13 Jul 2026
- 6 William St, Merewether 2291 $1,925,000 sold 10 Jul 2026, 502 m²
- 2/69 Berner St, Merewether 2291 $1,230,000 sold 9 Jul 2026
Feature data history (beds/baths/cars)
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