A Jannali house sold at auction for $2.415m, $215,000 above reserve and $300,000 higher than the February price achieved for a similar house next door, built by the same owner. Seven buyer parties registered to bid for the Roberts Ave home for sale through MattBlak Property. Auctioneer Andrew Cooley said it was an impressive result given the next door home sold in February was “nearly identical” in scale and floorplan. He said the four-bedroom house that sold on Saturday “just had a better facade”.

A Gymea Bay home sold for nearly $200,000 above expectations after a crowd of 50 people swarmed the auction, including 10 registered bidders. The strong competition drove up the price of the four-bedroom Coonong Rd home to $1,772,500, which was well above the $1.6m reserve. Auctioneer Andrew Cooley said feedback during the campaign had suggested the home would sell for much lower than it did. The buyer was a downsizer. “I’d say it’s a decent market right now,” Mr Cooley said. “It’s not skyrocketing. In a way, it’s a normal market.”

A four-bedroom Woolooware house has changed hands for the first time since it was built 50 years ago, selling under the hammer on Saturday for $2.42m. The price was $220,000 above what had been a more optimistic reserve given an online valuation indicated the market value was about $2.1m. There were five registered bidders. Auctioneer Andrew Cooley, who called the sale on behalf of agents Gibson Partners, said the home offered scope for improvement. “There aren’t many like it in that area,” he said.