A single bid secures keys to inner west home for $150,000 below reserve

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Willis, R. (2026, October 17). A single bid secures keys to inner west home for $150,000 below reserve. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/a-single-bid-secures-keys-to-inner-west-home-for-150-000-below-reserve-20261017-p616cs.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Sydney Morning Herald · collected 2026-10-17 · by Robyn Willis

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A woman from Greenacre bought a house in Croydon Park for $1.3 million at auction with just one bid, $150,000 below the reserve price of $1.45 million. The home had last sold for $520,000 in 2009 and was part of a larger market showing fewer bidders this week due to current economic conditions; the article highlights how auction prices are influenced by both seller expectations and buyer affordability concerns.
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Story summary

A woman from Greenacre bought a home in Croydon Park for $1.3 million on Saturday with a single bid, $150,000 below the reserve price of $1.45 million. The property, a two-bedroom semi-detached house guided at $1.35 million, was the only registered listing with no other bidders present. Rich & Oliva sales agent Marco Errichiello persuaded her to raise her initial offer of $1.25 million to seal the deal. The vendor had held it as an investment since 2009 when it last sold for $520,000. Errichiello noted that if the price guide were lower, more potential buyers might have shown interest in the current market conditions.

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📰 Home Sold Below Reserve Price
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6 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 “She said that was the maximum she could afford to spend with the current rate rises,” Errichiello said.
🔮 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.
🔮 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.”
🔮 But one group, a family from interstate, advised her on Friday that while they would attend, they would not be registering.
🔮 “It is proof that good properties will attract competitive bidding and the auction process is still the most transparent process for buyers and vendors.”
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Topics

Croydon Park Greenacre Rich & Oliva Sydney Woolooware

Subjects

Errichiello PERSON · 2× Croydon Park GPE · 1× Dulwich Hill GPE · 1× Greenacre GPE · 1× Liam Farrell PERSON · 1× Marco Errichiello PERSON · 1× Pulse Property ORG · 1× Rich & Oliva ORG · 1× Sydney GPE · 1× Woolooware GPE · 1×

Narrative

Sales agent for Pulse Property, Liam Farrell, said the family would not have been able to turn the sale around so quickly if it were not for the auction process. “They only sold [their property] last Saturday and came through [their new home] on Monday,” he said.
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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 · The Sydney Morning Herald
A single bid secures keys to inner west home for $150,000 below reserve · assertive framing

Claims (21 extracted, 2 hedged)

A woman from Greenacre bought a home in Croydon Park for $150,000 less than the reserve with a single bid on Saturday, paying $1.3 million at auction. asserted
woman → buy → auction
The woman was the only registered bidder for 16 Brighton Avenue and initially made an offer before the auction starting of $1.25 million for the well-presented two-bedroom semi, which was guided at $1.35 million. asserted
which → make → million
However, Rich & Oliva sales agent Marco Errichiello convinced her to raise the offer with a formal bid of $1.3 million and the property sold. asserted
property → convince → million
“She said that was the maximum she could afford to spend with the current rate rises,” Errichiello said. uncertain
Errichiello → say → rises
“[The vendor] thought it was better to have a sale in these conditions rather than wait.” asserted
it → think → conditions
The vendor has held it as an investment. asserted
vendor → hold → investment
Records show it last sold in 2009 for $520,000. asserted
it → show → 520,000
The property had a reserve of $1.45 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
Errichiello said it was evident there was “enthusiasm” from buyers hoping for a good price in current market conditions. asserted
it → say → conditions
“If we had guided [this property] a bit lower, we would have had more people,” he said. asserted
he → guide → people
“It [may be at a point where it’s] an uncomfortable price for vendors, but there are buyers to be had. uncertain
it → ’ → vendors
” The property was one of 576 scheduled to go to auction in Sydney this week. asserted
property → schedule → Sydney
In Woolooware, a family from Dulwich Hill seeking to upsize from an apartment bid against themselves to secure the keys to a three-bedroom townhouse – a week after selling their own home. asserted
family → seek → home
The property at 16/73 Denman Avenue had a guide of $1.4 million, which was also the opening bid. asserted
which → have → million
The bidders, the single registered party, then bid against themselves, initially going up to $1.42 million. asserted
bidders → bid → million
That was followed by two further bids of $5000 before the home sold under the hammer for $1.43 million. asserted
That → follow → million
It had a reserve of $1.52 million. asserted
It → have → million
Sales agent for Pulse Property, Liam Farrell, said the family would not have been able to turn the sale around so quickly if it were not for the auction process. “They only sold [their property] last Saturday and came through [their new home] on Monday,” he said. asserted
he → say → Monday
“This time last year, we would have had five or six buyers, but today there was only one. asserted
we → have → buyers
If this was private treaty, this buyer would not have turned it around so quickly.” asserted
buyer → turn → it
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