The Property Brief — what the evidence shows. You draw the conclusion.
Confidence: High — based on 323 comparable auction sales (106 of this exact configuration) · model runs ±11% for this configuration · the model's typical miss is ~11% against published results — every hit and miss
Comparable auction sales
| Address | Config | Sold | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76/38 Cope St | 2 bd · 1 ba | $727k | Sept 2025 |
| 608/2 Burley St | 2 bd · 1 ba | $1.17M | July 2025 |
| 3/200 Longueville Rd | 2 bd · 1 ba | $849k | July 2025 |
| 33/4-12 Huxtable Av | 2 bd · 1 ba | $893k | July 2025 |
| 33/33-41 Stokes St | 2 bd · 1 ba | $933k | June 2025 |
| 8/73 Burns Bay Rd | 2 bd · 1 ba | $880k | June 2025 |
Suburb risk flags
crime index: 23 — below sydney average · 24 min walk to Artarmon · ~12 min train to the CBD · trains ~every 4 min at peak
Where every number comes from
- Fair value: AI PropertyEye price model 2026-08-11-v5 — trained on 146,492 published auction sales; configuration-level (suburb × type × beds), not an appraisal of this exact home
- Comps: published Domain auction results for Lane Cove — suburb × configuration matches, not hyper-matched to this address
- Risk flags: suburb-level overlays (BOCSAR crime, flood/bushfire intel, aircraft bands, GTFS transit) — NOT a per-parcel assessment
Local rents — postcode 2066 units, new tenancies
$765/week median new-tenancy unit rent in 2066 (2026Q2, 276 bonds lodged).
The rent is real (NSW Fair Trading bond lodgements, CC BY) but it pools every bedroom count in the postcode and this is a 2-bed — so we don't derive a yield % from it: a ratio of two different grains reads as precision it doesn't have. New-tenancy rents also run hotter than sitting rents. Not financial advice.
Growth trend — Lane Cove units at auction
Too few same-bed sales for a measured growth rate yet. Recent quarterly sold medians (all unit sizes — thin samples move these):
2024Q4 $908k (28) · 2025Q1 $995k (28) · 2025Q2 $915k (29) · 2025Q3 $871k (4)
Suburb-level, from published auction results. No single building has enough sales for a block-level series, so this is the honest grain; sales-mix shifts move raw medians, and the measured rate (when shown) controls for bed count.
Published auction results at this address
| Auction week | Result | Price | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 2026 | Sold prior | withheld | McGrath Lane Cove |
From Domain's published weekly auction results — individual outcomes as published; withheld prices stay withheld.
Agencies' own published sales nearby — Lane Cove, around 2 beds
| Address | Sold | Price | Beds | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73/31-39 Mindarie Street | 13 Feb 2026 | $937,500 | 2 | Cunninghams |
Prices as published on the selling agency's own website (their sold pages) — includes private-treaty sales the auction results never see. Only sales the agency chose to publish a figure for appear here.
Sale history — the official settled-sale record at this address
| Exchanged | Price | Change since prior sale |
|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2021 | $975,000 | — |
Settled-sale records from the NSW Valuer General's Property Sales Information. Dates are contract (exchange) dates; sales appear only once lodged, so the most recent months are incomplete and revise upward — never read the latest month as final. Two entries on one date are usually a single transaction recorded across parts. © State of New South Wales (Valuation NSW).
Planning & zoning — R4 High Density Residential
Apartments. Expect towers and ongoing development around you.
Zone R4 (High Density Residential) under the LANE COVE LEP, from the NSW ePlanning layers at this address's geocoded point — a guide, not a parcel-level legal check. Confirm the exact lot at the NSW Planning Portal.
Construction risk — what no listing tells you
Building Commission NSW / Strata Community Association 2023 Strata Defects Survey: 53% of newly registered strata buildings reported at least one serious defect in common property (39% in the 2021 survey). Defects are common, not exceptional — and new does not mean safe (Opal Tower was under a year old).
Get an independent structural and strata inspection before you commit — the defect base rate makes it the single highest-value dollar in the purchase.
We cannot see inside a building — no one can from public records. This section states base rates and observable adjacency only, and will never call a building safe.
What's changing in Lane Cove — recent local signals
2025-12-03 — Place of worship departure — 2-8 FINLAYSON STREET LANE COVE 2066 ($87979k) (institutional-signals.json (PAN-591198, OnlineDA))
Dated public signals compiled for this suburb — openings, closures, site sales and institutional moves. Facts with sources, not forecasts.
School catchments
Lane Cove PS (primary) · Hunters Hill HS (secondary)
5 primary schools within 2 km · ICSEA ~1147 — the socio-educational advantage of the school community (My School, national average ~1000): a demographic measure, never a results or quality score.
Suburb-centre approximation for Lane Cove — addresses near a boundary can differ. Verify the exact address at School Finder. Intake zones cover government schools only.
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Data from published auction results (Domain) and live portal listings. Estimates are never valuations or financial advice. Own this home and want a result corrected? hello@aipropertyeye.com.