12 Forrest St, Jesmond NSW 2299
Jesmond House
Property features as at 18 June 2026. 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 May 2026, up $220,000 (43%) on the $510,000 paid in Dec 2022. That is about 10.9% a year over 3.5 years.
Over the same period the median house price in Jesmond rose 23%, from $675,000 in 2022 to $830,000 in 2026.
The 2026 sale was 12% below the Jesmond median house price for that year ($830,000 across 21 sales).
At $2,825 per square metre of land, it compares with a Jesmond median of $1,622 per square metre over the last 12 months.
Jesmond 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 Jesmond sold prices by year.
Rent and yield
4-bedroom houses in postcode 2299 rented for a median $756 a week, from 53 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $730,000 on 18 May 2026, that rent is a gross yield of 5.4% 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 Jesmond.
Planning controls
- Zone
- R3 Medium Density Residential
- Minimum lot size
- 450 m²
- Maximum building height
- 10 m
- Floor space ratio
- 0.9:1 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | 30 Jun 2026 | $730,000 Property features as at 18 June 2026. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1322/869131 |
| 2 Dec 2022 | 21 Dec 2022 | $510,000 | - | - | - | 1322/869131 |
| 7 Jul 2017 | 9 Aug 2017 | $370,000 | - | - | - | 1322/869131 |
| 5 Nov 2015 | 7 Dec 2015 | $328,000 | - | - | - | 1322/869131 |
$730,000 Sold 18 May 2026
Settled30 Jun 2026
Beds4
Baths2
Cars1
Property features as at 18 June 2026. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date.
Title reference: 1322/869131
$510,000 Sold 2 Dec 2022
Settled21 Dec 2022
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Title reference: 1322/869131
$370,000 Sold 7 Jul 2017
Settled9 Aug 2017
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Cars-
Title reference: 1322/869131
$328,000 Sold 5 Nov 2015
Settled7 Dec 2015
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Title reference: 1322/869131
Recent sales on Forrest St
Sold in the last two years.
- 8 Forrest St, Jesmond 2299 $740,000 sold 2 Jul 2026, 264 m²
- 6 Forrest Street, Jesmond 2299 $1,125,000 sold 5 Sep 2025, 531 m²
Recent sales nearby
Sold in the last 12 months within about 400 metres.
- 58 Wilkinson Ave, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $580,000 sold 2 Sep 2026, 620 m²
- 4/8 Harvard Cl, Jesmond 2299 $500,000 sold 14 Aug 2026
- 16 Morris St, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $860,000 sold 10 Aug 2026, 702 m²
- 26 Wilkinson Ave, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $1,000,000 sold 30 Jul 2026, 550 m²
- 60 Wilkinson Ave, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $1,275,000 sold 24 Jul 2026, 594 m²
- 1/8 Harvard Cl, Jesmond 2299 $560,000 sold 16 Jul 2026
- 2/5 King St, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $700,000 sold 8 Jul 2026
- 33 Heaton St, Jesmond 2299 $793,500 sold 24 Jun 2026, 474 m²
Feature data history (beds/baths/cars)
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