Chapter 1: What regions are covered in the Newcastle and Hunter market update?
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Chapter 2: What lifestyle benefits attract buyers to Newcastle and the Hunter region?
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And this morning we're going to be talking about Newcastle, Hunter, the Port Macquarie and Lake Macquarie regions, which is located just 1.5km five hours north of Sydney and contains some really beautiful spots where you can find an idyllic lifestyle for less than half the price of Sydney.
Now, you might have heard of places like Meriwether Beach or the holiday enclaves of Salamander Bay and Fingal Bay. And then there's the luscious acreages and the stunning wine country around Poe Colborne. Now, many people have fled the cities and are now enjoying an enviable lifestyle in these areas.
And to find out more on what's happening with this real estate, I am joined this morning by Kevin Mason, in for Rich Harvey, Principal Buyer's Advocate from propertybuyer.com.au. And a very good morning to you, Kevin, and welcome to The Real Estate Breakfast.
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Chapter 3: What property types can you buy in Newcastle for different price points?
It's very relaxed. And I think that's a big drawcard. And certainly we're seeing a large increase in internal net migration to regional areas such as Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Hunter and the Port Stephens area.
Yeah, okay. And what type of property, let's say around 750k and you're wanting to buy in Newcastle and then maybe have a look at the 1.2 million as well. What can you buy for those two price points?
Yeah, that's right. Look, Newcastle CBD itself, you've got high price points there in the city. But to be honest, you can be five or 10 minutes out. You know, you can be picking up either an apartment in the CBD or you could be picking up a townhouse in the middle ring areas or a house, you know, sort of getting up into the sort of the 1 to 1.2, some of the more premium quality areas.
But only 15 minutes to 20 minutes from the CBD, areas such as Katara, New Lambton, your middle ring suburbs are You can pick up a modern or near new townhouse duplex, you know, sort of ranging in the eights and nines, a decent quality house. You're getting up into the one, 1.2.
There are a number of other suburbs adjoining some of the more blue chip areas where you can still get into, you know, good quality house. So the old 700, 750 or the 7, 750 price point is the old 500 entry price point. But you can certainly still pick up a house in the sevens and eights.
And perhaps let's have a look at the difference in costings between houses versus apartments in these regions.
Yeah, Craig, that's a great question. Let's look at an area, say New Lambton, for example, which is in your middle ring suburb, very popular for families, beautiful parks. You've got Lambton Park, you've got Blackbutt Reserve, which is a stunning area to take the kids and families.
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Chapter 4: How do rental yields and vacancy rates compare in Newcastle?
You're looking at a medium house price there, Craig, of around the $1.5 two mark but medium apartments you're looking around the 800 mark okay so most suburbs here have got their own little village area where you've got shops and cafes there's a very strong cafe restaurant culture here very social very good value pockets here as well
OK, and let's have a look at the rental market. There might be some investors out there thinking, OK, this is a region where I might like to invest. So let's have a look at the vacancy rates and also the typical yield on apartments and houses.
Look, it's been interesting. The Newcastle vacancy rates literally dropped to anywhere between 0% to half to 1% over the last couple of years. Whereas it's interesting, we look at Sydney CBD, jumped up to about 16% during 2020. So vacancy rates are still very low. At the moment, they're ranging between 0.5 to 2%. You've got a very good selection of quality tenants here.
Property managers have got the luxury of being very picky in choosing. So there's always a high number of applications to rental properties. The yields, yeah, look, the yields are always quite strong here. They generally range typically between 3% to 4%. They'll be lower for the high-end premium suburbs because you buy in prices higher.
But there's areas where we can be finding a yield of between 4% to even 6%.
And what about affordable suburbs? Let's look at that affordability.
There is a number of areas which are currently affordable, but also there's a lot of up-and-coming type areas.
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Chapter 5: What affordable suburbs should investors consider in the Hunter region?
I lived in Sydney for a short period of time. I was able to look at up-and-coming areas many years ago, areas like Erskineville, St Peter's, I look at similar areas here to Newcastle in terms of infrastructure, redevelopment, rezoning. So we look at those sort of areas which are going to become popular and are affordable now.
So you can buy a property that's $50,000, $100,000 less in the adjoining suburb. I guess it depends on budget. There's a number of areas at the moment which we'd be looking at. You've got Mount Hutton, Cardiff, Walls End, Glendale. They're some of the better valued areas.
Fletcher is another area as well that's a more established area where you can get a more modern property and plenty of new areas that are up and coming as well.
Chapter 6: How has the property market changed in Newcastle post-pandemic?
All right. So that gives everybody a bit of a breakdown on the Newcastle and the Hunter region. Kevin, thank you for coming on to The Real Estate Podcast this morning. My pleasure, Craig. Thank you so much.
Chapter 7: What are the key trends in the Newcastle real estate market?
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