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Epping home sells for $380k over reserve as market springs into action

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Willis, R. (2026, September 5). Epping home sells for $380k over reserve as market springs into action. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/epping-home-sells-for-380k-over-reserve-as-market-springs-into-action-20260904-p60ufk.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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A four-bedroom home in Epping sold at auction on Saturday for $2.78 million, $380,000 over its reserve price of $2.4 million. Nineteen groups registered to bid, with 10 active bidders, driving up the price from an initial opening bid of $2 million. The successful bidder was a young couple who were attracted by the level backyard and wanted to take advantage of the market's renewed confidence after recent budget announcements and interest rate rises. Sales agent Catherine Murphy attributed the high number of registrations and sales to a shift in market sentiment, saying "people have really decided to get on with it – life goes on".

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On Saturday, a four-bedroom home at 22 Abuklea Road in Epping sold for $2.78 million, which is $380,000 above its reserve price of $2.4 million. The auction saw 19 groups register to bid and 10 bidders actively participate. The bidding process started at $2 million, with increments of $100,000, then shifted to smaller bids of $50,000 and eventually $25,000 as the price rose to $2.75 million. The successful buyers were a young couple from the area who wanted a property with a level backyard. According to sales agent Catherine Murphy, the high number of registrations reflected the appeal of the single-level property to various types of buyers, including downsizers, upsizers, and families, as well as a shift in market confidence.

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Robyn Willis

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🔮 “She said that was the maximum she could afford to spend with the current rate rises,” Errichiello said.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · A single bid secures keys to inner west home for $150,000 below reserve

🔮 Sales agent for Adrian William, Norman Tran, said the size of the bids and re-adjusted reserve were an indication that there was still a “price sensitivity” in the market. “That is requiring vendors to re-align expectations if they want to sell,” he said.

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🔮 Some buyers think they can wait because it feels like [the market] is continuing to go down but if they wait, those quality homes may not be there.”

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🔮 But one group, a family from interstate, advised her on Friday that while they would attend, they would not be registering.

2026-09-19 · assertive framing · Vendor rejects higher offer to sell Northern Beaches home for $4 million

🔮 “It is proof that good properties will attract competitive bidding and the auction process is still the most transparent process for buyers and vendors.”

2026-09-05 · assertive framing · Epping home sells for $380k over reserve as market springs into action

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Australian Epping Queenslanders Sydney The Agency Epping

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, Adrian Bridges PERSON · 1× Australian NORP · 1× Catherine Murphy PERSON · 1× Epping GPE · 1× Germany GPE · 1× Queenslanders NORP · 1× Raine & Horne Mosman ORG · 1× Sydney GPE · 1× The Agency Epping ORG · 1× upper north shorians NORP · 1×

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Sales agent for The Agency Epping, Catherine Murphy, said the high number of registrations reflected the wide appeal of the single-level property – which had garnered interest from downsizers, upsizers and families – as well as a shift in market confidence.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-05

🔮 “It is proof that good properties will attract competitive bidding and the auction process is still the most transparent process for buyers and vendors.”

2026-09-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Epping home sells for $380k over reserve as market springs into action · assertive framing

Claims (21 extracted, 0 hedged)

A four-bedroom home sold for $2.78 million in Epping on Saturday, $380,000 over the reserve. asserted

home → sell → reserve

Nineteen groups registered to bid for the solid brick bungalow at 22 Abuklea Road, with 10 bidders active. asserted

bidders → register → Road

Bidding opened at $2 million and went up in increments of $100,000 until it reached $2.3 million. asserted

it → open → million

Bids of $50,000 followed, then several bids of $25,000. asserted

Bids → follow → 25,000

When it reached $2.75 million, increments dropped to $10,000 and smaller bids until the auctioneer’s hammer fell and the property sold for $2.78 million. asserted

property → reach → million

The property had a guide of $2.2 million and a reserve of $2.4 million. asserted

property → have → million

There is no legal requirement for a vendor’s reserve to be in line with their property’s price guide. asserted

reserve → be → guide

The successful bidders were a young couple with a child originally from the area who were attracted by the level backyard. asserted

who → attract → backyard

The underbidders were a local family looking to upsize. asserted

underbidders → look → ?

which → say → confidence

“People have really decided to get on with it – life goes on,” she said. asserted

she → decide → it

“The shock of the budget announcements and interest rate rises has abated and people are getting on with their lives.” asserted

people → abate → lives

The property was one of 521 scheduled to go to auction in Sydney this week, the first weekend of the spring selling market. asserted

property → schedule → market

In Lavender Bay, a buyer upgrading their city bolthole won the keys to a two-bedroom apartment, paying $1,535,500 at auction, more than $210,000 over the reserve. asserted

buyer → upgrade → reserve

Twelve groups registered to bid for 5/7 Waiwera Street, with five active. asserted

five → register → Street

Bidding opened at $1 million, followed by a single bid of $200,000. asserted

Bidding → open → 200,000

More modest increments of $20,000 and $10,000 followed until the offer reached $1.5 million when it slowed to $5000, $1000 and finally $500 bids. asserted

it → follow → 5000

The property had a guide of $1.25 million and a reserve of $1.325 million. asserted

property → have → million

The underbidders were a mix of locals, Queenslanders and one Australian bidder in Germany looking to upgrade. asserted

underbidders → look → Germany

“A property like this resonates with upper north shorians because of its position down the train line,” sales agent for Raine & Horne Mosman, Adrian Bridges said. asserted

agent → resonate → Raine

“It is proof that good properties will attract competitive bidding and the auction process is still the most transparent process for buyers and vendors.” asserted

process → attract → buyers