Mortgage Broker in Terrigal , Erina & Wamberal
Market Updates
07/05/2025
The Terrigal housing market shows some interesting trends from 2020 to 2025. First, the number of houses sold each month (blue bars) has stayed relatively steady, averaging around 150 to 200 sales, with a slight dip in early 2024. Meanwhile, the median value of houses (black line) has climbed from about $900,000 in early 2020 to $1.5 million by mid-2025, showing steady growth despite a slight drop around 2023.
The change in median value graph tells us house prices surged by over 50% in 2021, likely due to high demand during COVID-19. However, they dropped sharply to negative growth in 2022, possibly due to reduced market demand from Sydney as the lockdowns were put behind us. Since then, growth has been slower, hovering near 0% by 2025, meaning prices are stable but not rising much.
Finally, the median days on market (blue bars) and vendor discount (black line) show how fast houses sell and how much sellers lower their price. Days on market peaked at 48 in mid-2021, meaning houses took longer to sell, but dropped to around 12 by 2025, showing a faster market. Vendor discounts have stayed small, mostly under 2%, suggesting sellers aren’t budging much on price.
Overall, Terrigal’s market is stable with steady sales, growing values, and quick sales by 2025.
Mortgage Broker Central Coast - Erina - Michael Daniels
06/05/2025
An interesting update from Update about Terrigal Units in Herron Todd White's Month in Review report:
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"If you enjoy lazy walks to local eateries, specialty shopping and the beach, then you’ll find yourself in Terrigal, our own Bondi Beach equivalent. The unit market is a popular choice for many and ranges in price considerably, with penthouse unit style living recently selling for in excess of $8.5 million, however, you can secure basic unit style living close to Terrigal Beach for around $750,000 to $800,000.
An example of this is the sale at 308/6 Pine Tree Lane, Terrigal. The unit was sold in November 2024 for $780,000. Located in the heart of Terrigal only a short walk to the beach, shops and local eateries, the unit complex was built in 2017 and features one bedroom, one bathroom and a one car basement car space.
History will tell us that the long-term capital growth prospects have been good for real estate in these champagne locations across the Central Coast region. Of course, there are compromises that come with buying entry-level property, and that may mean sacrificing on the overall size, condition and property type compared to nearby, more affordable locations. However these locations often have lifestyle appeal which is attractive for many and should also be considered when looking for property as an owner-occupier or investor."
Todd Beckman Associate Director (Herron Todd White).
01/05/2025
12/04/2025
Is now the right time to buy 3-bedroom units in Terrigal?
This chart may surprise many. While houses have been steadily rising in the suburb of #Terrigal, the 3-bedroom unit market is experiencing an unusual decline. The median price for 3-bedroom units has dropped from $1,370,000 in May 2023 to $1,110,000 in April 2025.
However, 2-bedroom units have increased by $232,500 to $1,107,500 over the same period.
Interestingly, only twenty 2-bedroom units were sold over the last 12 months, compared to forty-four 3-bedroom units sold during the same period.
Please give me a call if you are interested in this or any other property-related information.
26/03/2025
Here's an interesting Terrigal statistic: The current median house price for 3-bedroom dwellings is $1,307,500, while the 4-bedroom median is $1,575,000. The difference is $267,500. We have seen many clients benefit from buying a 3-bedroom house that can be affordably upgraded to a 4-bedroom house to unlock potential capital growth by accessing a different market of buyers.
We would be happy to share the terrific information we have access to from CoreLogic and PropTrack (owners of realestate.com.au & Mortgage Choice).
09/09/2024
Interesting results for the Terrigal property market. The median house price is $1,607,000. The median rental yield is 2.7%. This is $43,000 per annum in rent. $834 per week. This % yield is slightly low and might indicate that house prices are slightly higher than equilibrium. Please call Michael Daniels, Mortgage Broker Central Coast, for more information about your property and mortgage.
26/08/2024
Median House Price for Terrigal www.realestate.com.au - Terrigal
21/08/2024
Central Coast Houses remain in the "Start of Recovery" phase (May 2024)
According to the Herron Todd White valuation firm's monthly property clock report, the Central Coast house markets are in the "Start of Recovery" phase.
As we have been pointing out for a few months now, the Central Coast residential housing markets have benefited from the lack of affordability in the Sydney Market. Interestingly, HTW has placed Sydney in the "Rising Market" category, so we can probably expect the overflow demand to continue.
Should you need advice from an experienced Central Coast Mortgage Broker, please call Mortgage Choice Erina.
Does the Central Coast property market follow Sydney? (May 2024)
These charts give us some valuable information about the performance of Central Coast house prices.
1. Between March 2020 and February 2024, house prices rose by 47%, and unit prices rose by 34.3%.
2. Central Coast units outperformed all fifteen Sydney markets but came tenth out of thirteen regional markets.
3. Central Coast house prices rose, placing them third out of fifteen Sydney markets, but only outperformed one of the thirteen regional markets.
Central Coast houses and units have behaved more like regional NSW markets. COVID-19 societal lockdowns impacted these results via a Sydney exodus. The post-2022 results will be interesting to observe.
Mortgage Choice Erina will continue to provide data to help you understand our market and its future.
The Central Coast median house price breaches $1,000,000 again (April 2024)
Property listings tend upwards on the Central Coast (May 2024)
Although the number of residential property listings on the Central Coast is trending higher, the most recent month saw a dip, and we have not returned to pre-COVID levels.
Whilst the supply of property available for purchase remains relatively constrained, prices will continue to rise in a high-demand market. We will be keen to monitor this chart in the coming months to see if supply continues to reduce.
Please give us a call at Mortgage Choice Erina if you would like to discuss your home loan or investment plans.
$45,000 jump from March to April 2024
Terrigal's median house price suddenly jumped from $1,525,000 to $1,570,000 as demand grew for Central Coast houses. Terrigal has always been a favourite suburb for Sydney buyers, and their search for more affordable houses drives these prices.
"Start of Recovery" for Central Coast Houses (March 2024)
"Start of Recovery" for Central Coast Houses (March 2024)
Units vs Houses on the Central Coast (March 2024)
This chart shows that house asking prices are trending higher than unit asking prices.
Units have remained steady for the last two years. House asking prices are now climbing higher after a brief fall.
The 'All Units' data shows the median asking price was $452,842 in March 2020. Four years later, it is $653,752, a 44.80% growth in four years.
The 'All Houses' data shows the median asking price was $774,072 in March 2020. Four years later, it is $1,309,548, a 69.17% growth in four years.
This chart shows that the proportion gap between unit and house prices was steady between 2009 and 2016. Unit prices were roughly 65% of house prices. As of March 2024, unit prices are now 49% of house prices.
We at Mortgage Choice Erina can only speculate why this has happened, but the supply of new houses has been limited, and the supply of units is accelerating. There are also some indicators that Sydney house seekers are being priced out of their market and looking for more affordably pastures on the hashtag#CentralCoast.
Please call us if you would like to discuss your property-buying plans. The property buying process starts with understanding how much you can borrow.
Asking Rents continue to rise on the Central Coast (March 2024)
Units come into the Central Coast Picture
The extraordinary increase in #CentralCoast house prices over the last five years has shifted our attention to more affordable options. And I'm not talking about Queensland.
Units and townhouses are now in focus, particularly for first-time home buyers, investors (looking for cash-flow-positive options) and downsizers.
First-home buyers in Sydney have always seen units as the obvious entry point into the market. This is now a more common reality for Central Coast first-home buyers.
One of Australia's biggest residential valuation firms, Herron Todd White, produces a monthly infographic that utilises their valuers to estimate the stage of the local property cycle.
The Central Coast unit market moved from the "bottom of the market" to the "start of recovery" phase.
If you would like to discuss purchasing a unit or townhouse, please call me about establishing a pre-approval.
Big Bank RBA Cash Rate Forecasts (March 2024)
Check your interest rate (February 2024)
Central Coast Rental Vacancy Rates (April 2023)
Average Big 4 Bank interest rate chart (April 2023)
Our "Mortgage Choice Erina" monthly average interest rate chart has been updated for April 2023.
As you can see, the average 3-year fixed rate and the average 5-year fixed rate have stabilised and even slightly reduced.
The massive increase in variable interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia is hopefully coming to an end very soon.
Most of the major bank economists are predicting one or two more 0.25% increases, however, the ASX futures market is predicting that we may have peaked.
Our Central Coast economy would benefit enormously if people ensure they are not paying too much to the banks. The money being wasted on high-interest rates could be better spent in our local economy.
If you would like to take a look at your interest rates please contact us for a review.
Terrigal Median Unit Price (Feb 2023)
Median Rent Summary (March 2023)
Interesting to see that 2 & 3-bedroom units have higher median rents than 2 & 3-bedroom houses.
Median House Price Chart (February 2023)
Last month, February 2023, Terrigal had 74 properties available for rent and 83 properties for sale.
Median property prices over the last year range from $1,535,000 for houses to $1,200,000 for units. If you are looking for an investment property, consider houses in Terrigal rent out for $750 PW with an annual rental yield of 2.8% and units rent for $650 PW with a rental yield of 3.1%.
Based on five years of sales, Terrigal has seen a compound growth rate of 3.4% for houses and -0.2% for units.
Central Coast House Prices - May 2023
Our Central Coast house price results are out for May 2023.
Whilst the median house price dropped from $955,202 to $951,420, the rate of decline has slowed this month. The drop from March to April was almost $20,000.
This median house price level was last seen back in December 2021. Amazingly, only 18 months prior to this date, the median house price was $300,000 lower. To put this into mortgage perspective, an additional $300,000 in borrowings would have a weekly repayment of $415, based on a 6% interest rate over a 30-year loan term.
The ranked table below shows 20 Central Coast suburbs with the highest number of houses. We have shown you the median house prices from January to May. As you can see, the trend is heading down for every suburb on this list. Although, some have fallen quite a lot more than others.
As always, we encourage you to call or email us if you have any questions at all.
Area Profile
The size of Terrigal is approximately 9.1 square kilometres.
It has 16 parks covering nearly 5.2% of total area.
The population of Terrigal in 2011 was 10,614 people.
By 2016 the population was 11,344 showing a population growth of 6.9% in the area during that time.
The predominant age group in Terrigal is 50-59 years.
Households in Terrigal are primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying $1800 - $2399 per month on mortgage repayments.
In general, people in Terrigal work in a professional occupation.
In 2011, 70.5% of the homes in Terrigal were owner-occupied compared with 72.3% in 2016.
Currently, the median sales price of houses in the area is $1,527,500.
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