5 Rae St, Birmingham Gardens NSW 2287
Property features as at 12 August 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 $880,000 in Jun 2026, up $445,000 (102%) on the $435,000 paid in Sep 2015. That is about 6.7% a year over 11 years.
Over the same period the median house price in Birmingham Gardens rose 118%, from $395,000 in 2015 to $860,000 in 2026.
The 2026 sale was in line with the Birmingham Gardens median house price for that year ($860,000 across 35 sales).
At $1,265 per square metre of land, it compares with a Birmingham Gardens median of $1,430 per square metre over the last 12 months.
Birmingham Gardens 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 Birmingham Gardens sold prices by year.
Rent and yield
3-bedroom houses in postcode 2287 rented for a median $700 a week, from 569 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $880,000 on 26 Jun 2026, that rent is a gross yield of 4.1% 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 Birmingham Gardens.
Planning controls
- Zone
- R2 Low Density Residential
- Minimum lot size
- 450 m²
- 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2026 | 5 Aug 2026 | $880,000 Property features as at 12 August 2026. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 519/12691 |
| 4 Sep 2015 | 5 Nov 2015 | $435,000 | - | - | - | 519/12691 |
Property features as at 12 August 2026. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date.
Title reference: 519/12691
Title reference: 519/12691
Recent sales on Rae St
Sold in the last two years.
- 32 Rae St, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $990,000 sold 8 Jul 2026, 550 m²
- 10 Rae Street, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $950,000 sold 17 Oct 2025, 664 m²
- 8 Rae Street, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $1,290,000 sold 8 Oct 2025, 708 m²
- 2 Rae Street, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $965,000 sold 6 Sep 2025, 734 m²
- 13 Rae Street, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $620,000 sold 27 May 2025, 696 m²
- 14 Rae Street, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $725,000 sold 31 Jan 2025, 677 m²
- 9 Rae Street, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $655,000 sold 20 Dec 2024, 696 m²
Recent sales nearby
Sold in the last 12 months within about 400 metres.
- 16 Morris St, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $860,000 sold 10 Aug 2026, 702 m²
- 9/40 A Moore St, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $720,000 sold 24 Jul 2026
- 13 Fussell St, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $835,000 sold 22 Jul 2026, 683 m²
- 2/5 King St, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $700,000 sold 8 Jul 2026
- 11 Rabaul St, Shortland 2307 $760,000 sold 12 Jun 2026, 550 m²
- 4/40 A Moore St, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $752,500 sold 5 Jun 2026
- 52 Lovell Pde, Shortland 2307 $740,000 sold 22 May 2026, 569 m²
- 3 Fussell St, Birmingham Gardens 2287 $692,500 sold 1 May 2026, 354 m²
Feature data history (beds/baths/cars)
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