Buyers are cautious. Sellers are adjusting, but not by enough. 12 auctions tomorrow, this week’s scorecard and where the stock is sitting.
 
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Team Howe Weekly
9 October 2026
The Weekend Edition  ·  Real Insight Weekly
 
Lower North Shore  ·  Week Ending 10 October

Not a Trend. A Warning Light.

Buyers are cautious. Sellers are adjusting,
but not by enough.

 

Dear Readers,

Let’s call it for what it is. I am not going to sugar coat what is happening out there.
Buyers are cautious. Sellers are adjusting, but not by enough.
Some re-listings are back on the market after a year (this week there are 6). Of the 231 houses listed at 1 October, 48 were re-listings. 32 of those had been on the market for more than six months, and most of them are returning with same old prices.
New listings are starting to return as the school holidays end. Sales have dropped away. There were 30 this week against 16 last week. Holidays explain much of that.
They do not explain the price signal. The Sale Price Index came in at negative 9.83%. Median days on market for sales was 72.
I will be straight about it. That is based on two sales. Two sales is not a trend. It is a warning light.
There are 12 auctions scheduled for tomorrow. They may improve the picture, but I doubt they will.
Auctions on 10th Oct (12)
Lower North Shore houses scheduled for auction on Saturday, with price guide.
# Suburb Address Date Guide
1 Artarmon 324 Mowbray Road, Artarmon 10-Oct-26 15:00 $1.90m
2 Chatswood 22A Kareela Road, Chatswood (relist) 10-Oct-26 17:00 $3.00m
3 Chatswood 1 Beresford Avenue, Chatswood 10-Oct-26 10:00 $3.50m
4 Chatswood 4 Fry Street, Chatswood 10-Oct-26 13:30 $4.80m
5 Cremorne 6 Reynolds Street, Cremorne 10-Oct-26 09:00 $4.25m
6 Cremorne 17 Kareela Road, Cremorne Point 10-Oct-26 11:15 $6.50m
7 Hunters Hill 77 Park Road, Hunters Hill 10-Oct-26 13:30 $5.80m
8 Hunters Hill 1 Croissy Avenue, Hunters Hill 10-Oct-26 16:30 $6.70m
9 Mosman 65 Cowles Road, Mosman 10-Oct-26 09:00 $3.00m
10 Mosman 1/66 Prince Street, Mosman 10-Oct-26 09:00 $3.00m
11 Neutral Bay 5 Darley Street, Neutral Bay 10-Oct-26 09:00 $2.90m
12 Northbridge 357 Sailors Bay Road, Northbridge 10-Oct-26 10:30 $3.60m
Sellers who cling to the first number will pay for it in time. If they do not adjust, days on market will keep stretching. From the chart below, we can see that days on market is stretching put.
Weekly Scorecard
Week ending 10 Oct vs 3 Oct 2026  ·  Team Howe, Lower North Shore
  10 Oct 3 Oct
(last week)
Change
This Week’s Activity
New listings 30 16 ▲  +14
Average listing price (new) $4.72M $3.98M ▲  +$0.75M
New sales 2 12 ▼  -10
Average sale price * $2.28M $4.21M ▼  -$1.94M
Median DOM, sales this week * 72 40 ▲  +32 days
Sale Price Index (SPI) * -9.83% -6.61% ▼  -3.22 pts
 
2026 To Date
Total listings 2026 1,102 1,076 ▲  +26
Total sales 2026 672 670 ▲  +2
Total withdrawn listings 176 177 ▼  -1
Current listings 254 231 ▲  +23
Median listing price (all 2026) $3.95M $3.95M –  no change
Median sale price (all 2026) $3.85M $3.85M –  no change
Median DOM, all listings 51 61 ▼  -10 days
Median DOM, all sales 30 30 –  no change
 
Auctions and Price Moves
Auctions in pipeline 93 (37%) 77 (33%) ▲  +16
Passed in 8 4 ▲  +4
Withdrawn 2 8 ▼  -6
Price adjusted down 9 25 ▼  -16
Price adjusted up 2 3 ▼  -1
Auction date changed 2 10 ▼  -8
 
* Based on 2 sales only. A warning light, not a trend.
Where the stock is sitting: median days on market by price band
254 current listings, $1,519M total, as at 9 Oct 2026.
 
 
25
 
 
33.5
 
 
58
 
 
45
 
 
50
 
 
37
 
149
 
<$2M
10 listings
$2–3M
40 listings
$3–4M
69 listings
$4–5M
36 listings
$5–7.5M
49 listings
$7.5–10M
11 listings
$10M+
39 listings
 
Median days on market
 
All stock: 50.5 days
The $10M+ band sits at 149 days — 15% of listings, 41% of listed dollar volume. · Team Howe, Raine & Horne
 
 
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