悉尼地区的公寓销售速度快于独立屋
TAWAR RAZAGHITWITTERJOURNALIST MAY 31, 2021
但公寓市场似乎正在转折，Domain 数据显示，在截至 2021 年 4 月的六个月内，买家抢购Chatswood、Lane Cove和Pitter Water地区的公寓平均比独立屋提前 9 天。
Domain 的高级研究分析师 Nicola Powell 表示，随着买家转向更实惠的替代品，这些地区的单位开始在房地产市场的强劲价格上涨中获得一些意外收获。
鲍威尔博士说：“公寓销售速度更快，因为买家的价格已经被排除在外。”
Domain数据显示，Pitter Watter的房价中位数在悉尼录得最大涨幅，在截至 2021 年 3 月的过去一年中上涨 22.4% 至 227 万澳元。
Belle Property Dee Why 的 Joshua Perry 表示，这种惊人的增长让许多买家望而却步，他们现在热衷于尽快进入公寓市场。
他说：“该地区有大量人错过了机会，因此人们正在强迫供应商出手并尽快结束流程。”
佩里先生说，公寓卖家也有动力在拍卖前接受报价以更快地完成销售，因为买家有更多的选择，而不是房屋，而房屋已经供不应求数月。
Raine & Horne Lane Cove 的丽贝卡·米切尔 (Rebecca Mitchell) 表示，公寓的销售速度也更快，因为疲倦的买家对公寓提出了更高的报价，以便在贷款预批用完之前获得一些东西。
她说：“买家一直在寻找一段时间，他们知道自己想要什么，并且在头几周就提供了良好、强劲的报价。”
但独立屋和公寓房上市天数之间的差距似乎正在缩小，几个内城地区记录了边际差异。
在 Kogarah 和 Rockdale、North Sydney 和 Mosman、Cronulla、Miranda 和 Caringbah 等地区，出售独立屋和公寓房所需的时间基本持平，这些地区包括靠近 CBD 的大片悉尼郊区。
鲍威尔博士表示，由于该市租赁市场的改善，公寓再次对投资者更具吸引力。
“虽然我们看到 CBD 市场受到干扰，但我们现在开始看到投资者重返市场，”她说。 “事实上，我们看到租赁市场在表现方面出现转机，这意味着他们可能会寻找内城等地区。”
然而，与供过于求的公寓相比，房屋稀缺的地区正在影响公寓房市场。
Parramatta 地区的公寓房，包括 Westmead、Harris Park、Pendle Hill 的郊区，销售时间是独立屋的两倍多。
Pennants Hill 和 Epping 地区的情况类似，那里的公寓房平均比独立屋多 65 天。
The Agency North 的 Catherine Murphy 说，这些地区的公寓房市场的买家被宠坏了，让他们有时间货比三家。
“几年前的买家可能不得不看三四个公寓。现在有一页又一页这些公寓符合他们的标准，”她说。 “这基本上是供过于求。”
Ray White Green Valley 的 Michael Makrinakis 表示，在城市以西的地区，公寓房在市场上徘徊，因为买家为了购买房地产市场而竭尽全力。
Domain数据显示，在Fairfield，公寓房的销售时间比独立屋长一倍半，因为它们在市场上的平均停留时间为 143 天，而独立屋则为 90 天。
The Sydney pockets where units are selling faster than housesTAWAR RAZAGHITWITTERJOURNALIST MAY 31, 2021
Units in highly coveted suburbs are being snapped up more quickly than houses by buyers who are priced out of top locations, new figures reveal.
The pandemic lit a fire underneath the housing market last year as people took refuge in their homes during lockdown and working from home became the norm.
The demand for houses sent prices soaring in every corner of Sydney while units trailed behind as they fell out of favour.
But the apartment market appears to be turning a corner, with buyers snapping up units in the regions of Chatswood, Lane Cove and Pittwater nine days sooner than houses, on average, in the six months to April 2021, Domain data shows.
Houses are in hot demand but units are beginning to pick up in popularity in a handful of areas. Photo: Peter Rae
Units in these regions were beginning to make some windfall gains on the housing market’s strong price run as buyers were turning to more affordable alternatives, said Nicola Powell, Domain’s senior research analyst.
“Units are selling quicker because buyers are being priced out of buying a house,” Dr Powell said.
Pittwater’s median house price recorded the largest jump across Sydney, rising 22.4 per cent to $2.27 million in the past year to March 2021, Domain data shows.
This staggering increase has left many buyers behind, who are now keen to buy into the unit market as soon as possible, said Joshua Perry of Belle Property Dee Why.
“A huge amount of people have missed out in the area so people are forcing the hands of the vendor and closing the process sooner,” he said.
Unit sellers were also motivated to accept offers prior to auction to wrap up a sale sooner because buyers had more to choose from than houses, which have been in short supply for months now, Mr Perry said.
Units were also selling more quickly because tired buyers were making stronger offers on apartments in order to nab something before their loan pre-approvals ran out, said Rebecca Mitchell of Raine & Horne Lane Cove.
“The buyers have been looking for some time and they know what they want and they’re making good, strong offers in the first couple of weeks,” she said.
But the gap between days on market for houses and units looks to be closing, with several inner-city regions recording marginal differences.
The areas with plenty of units to choose from are taking longer to sell. Photo: Peter Rae
The time it takes to sell houses and units is on an even keel in the regions of Kogarah and Rockdale, North Sydney and Mosman, Cronulla, Miranda and Caringbah, which takes in large swathes of Sydney suburbs close to the CBD.
Dr Powell said apartments were becoming more attractive to investors again due to the city’s improving rental market.
“While we have seen a disruption in the CBD market we’re starting to see investors come back to the market now,” she said. “The fact that we’re seeing the rental market turn a corner in terms of performance means they could be looking to areas like the inner city.”
The areas where units take longer to sell than houses
However, the regions where houses are as rare as hens’ teeth in comparison to the glut of apartments were weighing on the unit market.
Units in the region of Parramatta, which takes in the suburbs of Westmead, Harris Park, Pendle Hill, took more than twice as long as houses to sell.
It was a similar story in the region of Pennants Hill and Epping, where units took on average 65 days longer to sell than houses.
Buyers in the unit market in these areas were spoilt for choice, affording them the time to shop around, said Catherine Murphy of The Agency North.
“A buyer a few years ago potentially had to look at three or four units. There’s now pages and pages of these units that fall into their criteria,” she said. “It’s basically an oversupply versus demand.”

In areas further west of the city, units were lingering on the market because buyers were stretching themselves in order to buy into the housing market instead, said Michael Makrinakis of Ray White Green Valley.

In Fairfield, units were taking one and half times longer to sell than houses as they remained on the market for an average of 143 days compared to 90 days for a freestanding home, Domain data shows.