8 Finlayson St, Wollongong NSW 2500
Wollongong House
Property features as at 21 July 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 $2,000,000 in Jul 2026, up $1,160,000 (138%) on the $840,000 paid in Feb 2021. That is about 17.4% a year over 5.4 years.
Over the same period the median house price in Wollongong rose 5%, from $1,295,000 in 2021 to $1,365,000 in 2026.
The 2026 sale was 47% above the Wollongong median house price for that year ($1,365,000 across 30 sales).
At $3,820 per square metre of land, it compares with a Wollongong median of $2,170 per square metre over the last 12 months.
Wollongong 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 Wollongong sold prices by year.
Rent and yield
4-bedroom houses in postcode 2500 rented for a median $930 a week, from 133 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $2,000,000 on 8 Jul 2026, that rent is a gross yield of 2.4% 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 Wollongong.
Planning controls
- Zone
- R2 Low Density Residential
- Minimum lot size
- 449 m²
- Maximum building height
- 9 m
- Floor space ratio
- 0.5:1 Floor area allowed for each square metre of site
From the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2026 | 31 Aug 2026 | $2,000,000 Property features as at 21 July 2026. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22/5382 |
| 11 Feb 2021 | 8 Apr 2021 | $840,000 | - | - | - | 22/5382 |
$2,000,000 Sold 8 Jul 2026
Settled31 Aug 2026
Beds4
Baths2
Cars2
Property features as at 21 July 2026. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date.
Title reference: 22/5382
$840,000 Sold 11 Feb 2021
Settled8 Apr 2021
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Title reference: 22/5382
Recent sales on Finlayson St
Sold in the last two years.
- 9 Finlayson Street, Wollongong 2500 $800,000 sold 18 Aug 2025, 506 m²
Recent sales nearby
Sold in the last 12 months within about 400 metres.
- 47 West St, Wollongong 2500 $1,360,000 sold 18 Aug 2026, 721 m²
- 55 A Atchison St, Wollongong 2500 $1,080,000 sold 10 Jul 2026, 497 m²
- 3/50 Gladstone Ave, Wollongong 2500 $700,000 sold 1 Jun 2026
- 64 Atchison St, Wollongong 2500 $1,310,000 sold 22 May 2026, 828 m²
- 90 Evans St, Wollongong 2500 $1,260,000 sold 8 May 2026, 607 m²
- 72 Swan St, Wollongong 2500 $1,100,000 sold 23 Apr 2026, 512 m²
- 74 Evans St, Wollongong 2500 $1,370,000 sold 22 Apr 2026, 607 m²
- 74 Gladstone Ave, Wollongong 2500 $1,060,000 sold 20 Mar 2026, 408 m²
Feature data history (beds/baths/cars)
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