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VIC › South Melbourne › Cobden St

106 Cobden St, South Melbourne VIC 3205

For saleHouse for Sale

$1,300,000–$1,400,000

For sale

Asking range

2

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

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Given the $1,300,000–$1,400,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $1,300,000–$1,400,000(Listing record · 17 Aug 2026)
  • CalculationIf it leased at South Melbourne's advertised median rent ($626/wk), implied gross yield would be 2.50% — this is not a rent for this listing.(Districts scenario calculation)

What could make it worth more?

No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.

What could make it worth less?

No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.

What should you verify next?

  1. 1Official planning layers are still retrieving for this parcel — check back before relying on zoning or overlay absence.
  2. 2No hazard layer has been retrieved — confirm flood, bushfire and heritage exposure from council mapping before an offer.

Each line above is labelled. A fact is quoted from the named source, with its date. A calculation is worked out by Districts from those facts — you can check the arithmetic. An interpretation is Districts' opinion of what the evidence means, not a fact, a valuation, or advice. Anything we haven't retrieved yet is marked as missing rather than treated as a pass.

Price evidence

The ask against the evidence

Asking

$1,300,000–$1,400,000

Asking range

No recorded sale for this property.

South Melbourne at a glance

14,519

People

No data

Median sale

$626/wk

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

See the full South Melbourne report →

Total cost to purchase

Based on the low end of the asking range, not a contract price.

Purchase Price
$1,300,000
Stamp Duty (Victoria)
$71,500
Transfer/Registration Fee
$3,146
Mortgage Registration (est., if financed)
$200
Legal & Conveyancing (est.)
$2,000
Building & Pest Inspection (est.)
$700
Rates & Water Adjustment at Settlement (est.)
$800
Total cash required
$1,378,346

$78,346 on top of the price (6.0% extra)

  • Stamp Duty (Victoria)
  • Transfer/Registration Fee
  • Mortgage Registration
  • Legal & Conveyancing
  • Building & Pest Inspection
  • Rates & Water Adjustment

Estimates only, at standard investor rates — no first-home or owner-occupier concessions applied. Not included: lenders mortgage insurance (usually applies when borrowing more than 80% of the price), loan application and settlement fees from your lender, the foreign-purchaser duty surcharge, and building insurance — in Queensland the property is at your risk from the first business day after signing, not from settlement. Verify with your conveyancer.

Stamp duty and transfer fees: Victoria schedules from 2026-07-01. Ongoing council rates and land tax are not included.

Rental yield

Based on the low end of the asking range, not a contract price.

Pre-filled with South Melbourne's advertised median rent — not a rent for this listing.

Net yield
1.00%
Annual cashflow (pre-tax)
$-54,548
Interest cover (DSCR)
0.19
Annual rent
$32,552
Operating expenses
$19,500
Loan amount
$1,040,000
Annual interest
$67,600
Gross yield
2.50%

Gross yield is weekly rent × 52 ÷ price. Net yield subtracts operating expenses. Cashflow then subtracts interest-only interest on price × LVR. Tax, vacancies, and principal repayments are not included.

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Planning

Planning and development

Planning data is being calculated

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: unavailable
  • Dataset: unavailable
  • Retrieved: not yet retrieved
  • Version: planning-v1

Planning facts are copied from official government GIS where available. Where an official property PDF exists (VicPlan, PlanBuild), Districts stores and serves that original document. Neither is a planning certificate, survey, or advice.

Site

Terrain

Terrain has not been calculated for this property yet.

Slope is calculated on a projected metric grid from a public DEM clip of the official parcel. This is not a survey, engineering, or insurance assessment.

Flood, bushfire and heritage

i

Flood

Not retrieved

Flood exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Bushfire

Not retrieved

Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Heritage

Not retrieved

Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Records

Property history

  1. Listed$1,300,000–$1,400,000available17 Aug 2026

Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.

Capital growth

VIC

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

Planning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet. A suburb median or growth rate is not a reason this particular lot would outperform. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

What could kill that thesis?

Confidence: low

Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Victoria has no public statewide property-level DA API. Nearby pipeline is unknown.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $626/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.

What competition will it face?

Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. Victoria has no public statewide property-level DA API. Nearby pipeline is unknown. Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded. Suburb vacancy or leased-tape days are not this property’s competition.

What does the yield actually look like?

Confidence: low

Gross yield if leased at the suburb aggregate is 2.5%. The yield that matters is the one on achieved rent, which has not been inferred for this address. Net yield (land tax, rates, insurance, vacancy) is not loaded. Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Verdict

What this means for this property

Districts view

Not enough official evidence yet to underwrite this as an investment.

Detail

The same ten questions apply to every property. Missing flood, nearby DAs, achieved rents, or lot geometry is unknown — not “no.”

Read more

Do not treat a suburb median, an advertised yield, or a listing score as the case for this lot.

The evidence loaded so far isn't enough on its own to change a buy, offer, or walk-away decision for this property.

Evidence

What is known for this property

Districts asks the same ten questions of every property. If one shows as unknown, that data isn't published for this state or hasn't been loaded yet — the question stays visible so you can see exactly what's missing.

1 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Unknown

    Planning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    Victoria has no public statewide property-level DA API. Nearby pipeline is unknown.

  • Honest achievable rent

    Knownlow

    This is not “bond data says this address leases for $X.” The comparable figure is a suburb advertised/median rent, not this property. Official bond files (postcode or suburb × type × bedrooms) are not loaded yet.

  • Rental supply pressure

    Unknown

    Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.

  • Why is this cheap?

    Unknown

    The constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”

  • Catalyst exposure

    Unknown

    Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

  • This lot's DA history

    Unknown

    Development applications have not been queried for this parcel.

  • Statutory land value versus ask

    Unknown

    Statutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Area

South Melbourne in one glance

South Melbourne at a glance

14,519

People

No data

Median sale

$626/wk

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

See the full South Melbourne report →

Keep researching

  • Why South Melbourne? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in South Melbourne →
  • Other records on Cobden St →

Listing material

Listed by Inner Real Estate NextRE

Courtyard Living in the Heart of South Melbourne

Enjoy the freedom of your own front door, generous outdoor space and a genuine neighbourhood feel, all within easy reach of Melbourne’s CBD. Set across two levels, 106 Cobden Street offers a well-considered two-bedroom home with approximately 104sqm of internal living, combining comfortable proportions with the convenience of a highly connected South Melbourne address.

Downstairs, separate dining and living zones create space to entertain, relax and settle into everyday life. The kitchen sits at the heart of the home with stone surfaces, breakfast-bar seating, gas cooking and dishwasher, while a separate laundry, powder room and storage add practicality. At the rear, the living area opens to a substantial private courtyard with room for outdoor dining and entertaining, complemented by off-street parking and shed storage. Upstairs, two generous bedrooms each enjoy their own balcony, with a walk-in robe to the main, extensive storage to the second, split-system heating and cooling, and a central bathroom with separate bath and shower.

Step outside and South Melbourne’s lifestyle is close at hand. Spend weekends at South Melbourne Market, explore the cafés and restaurants around Clarendon, Coventry and Park streets, or head to nearby Albert Park Lake. Tram and bus connections make getting around straightforward, with the CBD, schools, everyday shopping and surrounding inner-city precincts all within easy reach. For first-home buyers, professionals, downsizers and investors, this is a genuine house alternative with the outdoor space, parking and location to support an easy inner-city lifestyle.

Read the full description

Key features

· Two-bedroom, two-level home

· Approximately 104sqm internal area

· Separate living and dining areas

· Generous private rear courtyard

· Kitchen with stone surfaces, gas cooking, dishwasher and breakfast bar

· Main bedroom with walk-in robe and private balcony

· Second bedroom with built-in storage and private balcony

· Central bathroom with separate bath and shower

· Ground-floor powder room

· Separate laundry and storage

· Split-system heating and cooling

· One car space

· Storage shed

· Close to South Melbourne Market, Clarendon Street and Albert Park Lake

· Easy access to trams, buses and Melbourne CBD

Listing description written by Anthony Cimino, Inner Real Estate NextRE — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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