16 B Fern St, Lennox Head NSW 2478
Lennox Head House
Technical details
How this sale compares
Sold for $1,900,000 in Aug 2026, down $150,000 (7%) on the $2,050,000 paid in Mar 2023. That is a fall of about 2.2% a year over 3.4 years.
Over the same period the median house price in Lennox Head rose 23%, from $1,360,000 in 2023 to $1,667,500 in 2026.
The 2026 sale was 14% above the Lennox Head median house price for that year ($1,667,500 across 46 sales).
At $2,526 per square metre of land, it compares with a Lennox Head median of $1,901 per square metre over the last 12 months.
Lennox Head 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 Lennox Head sold prices by year.
Rent and yield
Houses in postcode 2478 rented for a median $850 a week, from 626 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $1,900,000 on 20 Aug 2026, that rent is a gross yield of 2.3% a year, before costs and vacancies.
Median weekly rents from residential rental bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading, by postcode. This home's own rent may differ. See rents by bedrooms in Lennox Head.
Planning controls
- Zone
- R3 Medium Density Residential
- Minimum lot size
- 800 m²
- Maximum building height
- 8.5 m
From the Ballina 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | 29 Sep 2026 | $1,900,000 | - | - | - | 1/SP105096 |
| 29 Mar 2023 | 26 Apr 2023 | $2,050,000 | - | - | - | 2/SP105096 |
| 16 Feb 2023 | 17 Mar 2023 | $2,100,000 | - | - | - | 1/SP105096 |
$1,900,000 Sold 20 Aug 2026
Settled29 Sep 2026
Beds-
Baths-
Cars-
Title reference: 1/SP105096
$2,050,000 Sold 29 Mar 2023
Settled26 Apr 2023
Beds-
Baths-
Cars-
Title reference: 2/SP105096
$2,100,000 Sold 16 Feb 2023
Settled17 Mar 2023
Beds-
Baths-
Cars-
Title reference: 1/SP105096
Recent sales on Fern St
Sold in the last two years.
- 23 Fern St, Lennox Head 2478 $2,300,000 sold 22 Jun 2026, 700 m²
- 5 Fern St, Lennox Head 2478 $2,430,000 sold 27 Feb 2026, 670 m²
- 2/6 Fern Street, Lennox Head 2478 $965,000 sold 18 Sep 2025
- 2/1 Fern St, Lennox Head 2478 $2,000,000 sold 4 Feb 2025
- 1/1 Fern St, Lennox Head 2478 $2,075,000 sold 28 Jan 2025
- 1/6 Fern Street, Lennox Head 2478 $875,000 sold 21 Nov 2024
Recent sales nearby
Sold in the last 12 months within about 400 metres.
- 1/24 Sunrise Cres, Lennox Head 2478 $350,000 sold 9 Sep 2026
- 10 Gibbon St, Lennox Head 2478 $1,700,000 sold 4 Sep 2026, 567 m²
- 1/2 Megan Cres, Lennox Head 2478 $1,600,000 sold 12 Aug 2026
- 2/28 Lakefield Ave, Lennox Head 2478 $1,450,000 sold 31 Jul 2026
- 1/33 Sunrise Cres, Lennox Head 2478 $1,525,000 sold 9 Jul 2026
- 22 Daintree Dr, Lennox Head 2478 $1,650,000 sold 8 Jul 2026, 700 m²
- 4/19 Cooloola Ave, Lennox Head 2478 $1,010,000 sold 2 Jul 2026
- 6/20 Byron St, Lennox Head 2478 $775,000 sold 5 Jun 2026