50 Railway St, Merewether NSW 2291
Merewether House
Technical details
How this sale compares
Sold for $1,435,000 in Sep 2026, up $335,000 (30%) on the $1,100,000 paid in Sep 2017. That is about 3.0% a year over 9 years.
Over the same period the median house price in Merewether rose 39%, from $1,400,000 in 2017 to $1,950,000 in 2026.
The 2026 sale was 26% below the Merewether median house price for that year ($1,950,000 across 89 sales).
At $3,633 per square metre of land, it compares with a Merewether median of $4,806 per square metre over the last 12 months.
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
Houses in postcode 2291 rented for a median $900 a week, from 324 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $1,435,000 on 11 Sep 2026, that rent is a gross yield of 3.3% 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 Merewether.
Planning controls
- Zone
- E1 Local Centre
- Maximum building height
- 11 m
- Floor space ratio
- 1.5:1 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | 12 Oct 2026 | $1,435,000 | - | - | - | 1/SP77940 |
| 7 Sep 2017 | 23 Oct 2017 | $1,100,000 | - | - | - | 2/SP77940 |
$1,435,000 Sold 11 Sep 2026
Settled12 Oct 2026
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Title reference: 1/SP77940
$1,100,000 Sold 7 Sep 2017
Settled23 Oct 2017
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Title reference: 2/SP77940
Recent sales on Railway St
Sold in the last two years.
- 38 A Railway St, Merewether 2291 $4,000,000 sold 15 May 2026, 513 m²
- 3/37 Railway St, Merewether 2291 $1,640,000 sold 24 Apr 2026
- 18 Railway St, Merewether 2291 $1,290,000 sold 20 Apr 2026, 242 m²
- 62 Railway St, Merewether 2291 $1,600,000 sold 5 Mar 2026, 332 m²
- 3/35 Railway St, Merewether 2291 $850,000 sold 3 Mar 2026
- 47 Railway Street, Merewether 2291 $1,300,000 sold 16 Dec 2025, 297 m²
- 1/37 Railway St, Merewether 2291 $1,650,000 sold 3 Nov 2025
- 7/74 Railway Street, Merewether 2291 $800,000 sold 2 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
- 46 Morgan St, Merewether 2291 $2,300,000 sold 25 Aug 2026, 832 m²
- 9/21 Selwyn St, Merewether 2291 $730,000 sold 25 Aug 2026
- 7 Cram St, Merewether 2291 $2,350,000 sold 11 Aug 2026, 496 m²
- 2/69 Berner St, Merewether 2291 $1,230,000 sold 9 Jul 2026
- 15 Cram St, Merewether 2291 $1,950,000 sold 3 Jul 2026, 678 m²
- 3/36 Winsor St, Merewether 2291 $1,425,000 sold 19 Jun 2026
- 247 Glebe Rd, Merewether 2291 $960,000 sold 18 Jun 2026, 297 m²