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4005 Lachlan Valley Way, Forbes NSW 2871

For saleRural Property for Sale

$4,950,000

For sale

Asking

0

Bedrooms

0

Bathrooms

0

Car spaces

3,476,249.667 m²

Land

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Given the $4,950,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $4,950,000(Listing record · 30 Sept 2025)
  • FactLand 3,476,250 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationAsk is 953% above the Forbes median recorded sale ($470,000, n=42, last 12 months).(Districts calculation from recorded sales)
  • CalculationIf it leased at Forbes's advertised median rent ($408/wk), implied gross yield would be 0.43% — 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

$4,950,000

Asking · $1/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

Forbes at a glance

8,163

People

$470,000

Median sale

$408/wk

Median rent

4.51%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 42 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Forbes report →

Vs Forbes

+953.2%

Median sale

Suburb $470,000

-4.08 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 4.51%

Suburb median $470,000 from 42 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$4,950,000
Stamp Duty (New South Wales)
$272,697
Transfer/Registration Fee
$167
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
$5,226,564

$276,564 on top of the price (5.6% extra)

  • Stamp Duty (New South Wales)
  • 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: New South Wales schedules from 2026-07-01. Ongoing council rates and land tax are not included.

Rental yield

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

Net yield
-1.07%
Annual cashflow (pre-tax)
$-310,434
Interest cover (DSCR)
-0.21
Annual rent
$21,216
Operating expenses
$74,250
Loan amount
$3,960,000
Annual interest
$257,400
Gross yield
0.43%

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

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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. Listed$4,950,000available30 Sept 2025

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

Capital growth

NSW

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.” NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $408/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. No recorded off-street parking — often a discount versus the suburb median for the same beds.

What competition will it face?

Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet. 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 0.4%. 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. NSW net yield needs land tax and VG inputs that are not loaded. Gross yield from listings is not net yield.

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

    NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet.

  • 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

    NSW Valuer General land values are not loaded for this property yet.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    NSW net yield needs land tax and VG inputs that are not loaded. Gross yield from listings is not net yield.

Area

Forbes in one glance

Forbes at a glance

8,163

People

$470,000

Median sale

$408/wk

Median rent

4.51%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 42 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Forbes report →

Keep researching

  • Why Forbes? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Forbes →
  • Other records on Lachlan Valley Way →

Listing material

Listed by Agri Rural NSW

DEVELOPED IRRIGATION POWERHOUSE - Suits Summer + Winter crops!

Located 40mins* West of Forbes, 40mins* East of Condobolin, 50mins* Parkes

347.6ha (859acres*)

• All arable, heavy self-mulching red/black clay soils, developed for flood and row crop irrigation via Jemalong irrigation siphon, owners generally temp trade 450ML delivery entitlements at low cost irrigation.

Read the full description

• Lachlan River pump easement also for development if needed

• (190ha -470acres*) highly developed, laser levelled irrigation country

• Jemalong irrigation with 2 x HVO (high volume outlets) North 750mm delivering up to 50ML/day + South 600mm delivering up to 30ML/day

• 4.2km* Jemalong Cadow channel frontage + over 7km* of internal delivery channels to developed irrigation paddocks. Additional paddocks are available to further develop

• Owners operate the farm from another state as absentee owners for (double cropping per year) Winter & Summer crops + cattle fattening

• Telstra tower contract until 2036 (CPI increase income each year)

• Lazer levelled water reticulation back to a 80ML holding dam

• New reticulation pump operating 40ML/day to delivery channels

• 11 main irrigation paddocks with most paddocks the same size

• Recent crops / Sweet Corn contracts, & sorghum grain crops, past cropping of cotton, popcorn, cereal grain & hay, SSS, millet. 248ha of 2025 Scepter wheat

• List of plant & equipment included with the sale

• Produced 4-7t/ha dryland wheat, 10t/ha popcorn, 17t/ha lucerne, 12t/ha cereal hay, 5x cuts sorghum hay

• Majority is flood free'. The worst flood in living history barley breeched the property, while only road run off water entered the property within non irrigation developed area and filled the 80ML turkeys nest dam. Now an approved, elevated road entrance has been completed to elevate any runoff water

• Highly suited for mixed crops and livestock fattening

• 26ha (64ac*) elevated timber grazing portion, ideal for livestock

• 8(ML) high security stock & domestic annual use from Jemalong irrigation

• 9 Individual titles of land

• Forbes Council LEP building entitlement (STCA)

FOR SALE $4,950,000 (LIST OF PLANT INCLUDED)

Josh Keefe

0436 926 866

AGRIPROPERTY.COM.AU | LEADING AGENTS IN SYDNEY & REGIONAL NSW

Listing description written by Josh Keefe, Agri Rural NSW — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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