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17 Mercury Cres, Newcomb VIC 3219

House

$545,000

Last sold

27 Sept 2022

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

625 m²

Land

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Districts View

What should you know about this lot before spending serious money?

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $545,000 (27 Sept 2022).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 625 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Newcomb (last 5 years) with land size: median $964/m² of land (n=74). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

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

What this lot has actually traded at

Last sold

$545,000

27 Sept 2022 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Newcomb (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $964/m² of land (n=74). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Newcomb at a glance

4,563

People

$624,000

Median sale

$417/wk

Median rent

3.48%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 19 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Newcomb report →

Vs Newcomb

-12.7%

Median sale

Suburb $624,000

+0.50 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.48%

Suburb median $624,000 from 19 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

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

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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. Sold$545,00027 Sept 2022
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted20 July 2022
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted20 July 2022

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 $417/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

Yield cannot be shown without both a price and a rent figure. Net yield is not estimated from gross advertising copy. 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

Newcomb in one glance

Newcomb at a glance

4,563

People

$624,000

Median sale

$417/wk

Median rent

3.48%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 19 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Newcomb report →

Keep researching

  • Why Newcomb? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Newcomb →
  • Other records on Mercury Cres →

Listing material

Listed by Hayeswinckle Newtown

Opportunities are endless

Situated on an expansive 625 sqm, this property is perfect for first home buyers, Tradies wanting an enormous shed, or to add to the investment portfolio. This home has been freshly painted and beautiful hardwood polished floorboards, all you have to do is move in.

Comprising of 3 bedrooms all with built-in robes, the master includes a ceiling fan for all year-round comfort. The spacious kitchen contains a gas cooktop and oven with the added feature of slate flooring and breakfast bar looking over the lounge room, the home is serviced by a new spilt system perfect for all-season comfort.

The bathroom contains a large shower, vanity and toilet.

Read the full description

The separate laundry has groovy slate floor, ample space and has access to the undercover pergola area perfect for entertaining.

The secure backyard contains established gardens with an oversized shed, perfect for a man cave or to store all the tools. Awnings at the front of the property provide extra privacy in this quiet pocket of Newcomb.

Located only minutes away from Newcomb Central and Bellarine Shopping Centre, local primary schools and Newcomb High School, Gordon Tafe, Splashdown Leisure Centre, only 10 minutes into Geelong CBD and 20 minutes to the Bellarine Peninsula, everything you need is at your doorstep.

*All information about the property has been provided to Hayeswinckle by third parties. Hayeswinckle has not verified the information and does not warrant its accuracy or completeness. Parties should make and rely on their own enquiries in relation to this property.

Listing description written by Michelle Winckle, Hayeswinckle Newtown — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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