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Coburg (VIC) property development snapshot

GoSiteHunt Research · Victoria · North Western Melbourne · sales Apr-Jun 2025 · rents moving annual median, year to Sep 2025

$1,210,000
Median house price · Apr-Jun 2025
+5.2%
Median change, year on year
81
House sales in the period
$710/wk
Median rent · 3-bed houses
3.1%
Indicative gross yield

Median rents by bedroom — Coburg-Pascoe Vale South rental area

Type1-bed2-bed3-bed4+ bedAll
House$580/wk (155 bonds)$710/wk (260 bonds)$850/wk (93 bonds)
Unit$425/wk (195 bonds)$550/wk (372 bonds)$700/wk (55 bonds)

Bond-lodgement medians from the Homes Victoria Rental Report, Victorian Government (CC BY 4.0), moving annual median, year to Sep 2025. "Low sample" = the count is masked or small at source; treat those medians with care.

What the data suggests for developers.

Gross yield around 3.1% is thin — projects in Coburg lean on end values, not rent. Sell-down schemes (subdivide-and-sell, build-and-sell) fit the profile better than holds financed on rental income. Median growth of +5.2% year-on-year on 81 sales reads as steady rather than speculative — a reasonable backdrop for a scheme that still has to work at today's end values. Rental depth is genuine: 260 bonds behind the headline median means the rent figure is an observed market, not a handful of tenancies. All of the above is area-level screening, not advice: a specific parcel lives or dies on zoning, overlays, frontage, and the end value of what it can actually carry.

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Granularity & method.

Suburb-level sale medians from the Valuer-General's quarterly series (published in arrears). Rents are Homes Victoria bond medians, published for grouped suburb areas — where shown, the rent row names the group. Indicative gross yield = headline weekly bond median × 52 ÷ sale median — a screening ratio, not a valuation input.

Sources: Victorian Property Sales Report, Valuer-General Victoria / DTP (CC BY 4.0) · Homes Victoria Rental Report, Victorian Government (CC BY 4.0) · Indicative screening data — not financial, investment, valuation or planning advice. Area medians can move sharply between periods, especially on thin samples. © Madison Jade Pty Ltd.