“It used to be very rare to get an eastern-suburbs buyer over here, but obviously the prices over the harbour are just ridiculous to the point that we look cheap,” said Raine & Horne Mosman’s Brendan Warner.
Buyer’s agent Deb West, of SydneySlice, said she has more clients on her books asking her to run searches in both the east and Mosman area because there’s so little on offer across the board. Three of her clients have already transitioned from the east to buy in Mosman because of the comparable amenity in terms of village atmosphere, the beaches and harbourside bush tracks.
The Land House at Mosman sold last month for more than $19 million to a buyer from the eastern suburbs.
Despite an 11.1 per cent jump in Mosman’s median house price last year, Ms West sees value in the move. She points to this week’s $33 million sale on Stanley Avenue on a level block of 1200 square metres with its iconic water view – she says that would be worth $40 million-plus in Bronte.
Atlas’ Michael Coombs sold two of the suburb’s top houses to buyers from the east. While he declined to reveal the sale prices, one is widely tipped at more than $19 million for a designer residence with a pool and tennis court on Elfrida Street; the other for more than $17 million for a Federation mansion, known as Cambria, on Balmoral slopes.
“I have three times more buyers from the east than I would have a year ago, and their interest isn’t just in Mosman but extends to Cremorne and Northbridge,” Mr Coombs said.
David Murphy, of his eponymous agency, said the push in favour of working from home meant buyers are no longer scared off by the commute.
The 1910-built Mosman house was bought for about $9.5 million last week by Woollahra-based political lobbyist Michael Kauter and medico David Gracey.
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Ms West adds the commute has long been blamed as a factor in the whole north-versus-east market argument, but that hasn’t made sense because the commute from Mosman to the city is faster than the commute from Vaucluse.
Di Jones’ Jacqui Rowland-Smith, who sold an $11 million house on Sirius Cove to a buyer from the east, said Mosman’s many freestanding family homes have looked more appealing as people look to get away from high-density neighbourhoods.
“And the fact that the private schools offer a direct bus service means that the kids are well-catered for no matter where you live,” she said.
‘We look cheap’: Mosman high-end market lures cashed-up home hunters from the east
Source: Philippines Alive
