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Lot 1/47 | Lot 2/47A | Lot 3/47B Pages Road , St Marys Lot 60/3 Smith Street, St Marys Open for Inspection: Auction Saturday, February 12, 2022 at 11am Contact: St Marys Professionals Terry Hansen • 0418 245 683
What makes this property stand out? Vacant registered building lots are very scarce and certainly nonexistent in St Marys. Who should buy this property? Ideal for first home buyers, investor or to build that dream home. What’s the suburb like? St Marys is on the tip of everyone’s tongues these days, given is it considered a major beneficiary of the new Western Sydney Airport and rail interchange to mention only a couple of things.
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• Separate entries • Soundproof firewall • Only pay one set of council rates • Turn key home • Two rental income returns, or live in one and rent out the other • Land: 450sqm • Build: 200sqm Price at $619,980 Potential rent per week $600 - $620
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Happy Vendor Buyer FABULOUS AND SUPER HARD WORKING My parents and I had a dream to buy a big house that we could all live in together. We found our dream home but hadn’t even put my parents’ house on the market yet. Litsa worked tirelessly to get my parents’ house sold so that we could purchase our dream home together as we had a very tight deadline. I can’t thank her enough for all her hard work. My kids are so happy and excited that our dream of all living together is coming true and it wouldn’t have happened without Litsa. Verified by RateMyAgent Thinking of Selling or Investing. Please give me a call or SMS Litsa on 0466 969 164
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OPEN HOMES & RENTAL PROPERTY GUIDE OPEN HOMES ADDRESS
SUBURB
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OPEN HOMES
ADDRESS Saturday 5th February
COLYTON 6 Milton Street
Colyton
11:30am - 12pm Professionals St Marys
Erskine Park
AGENT
Penrith
By Appoinment Richard Heidtmann
18 Olympus Drive
St Clair
11am - 11:45am Professionals Erskine Park
5 Hartwell Court
St Clair
12am - 12:45pm Professionals Erskine Park
6 Cassia Close
St Clair
1pm - 1:45pm
Professionals Erskine Park
200 Carpenter St
St Marys
10am - 11am
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2 Br Unit
$290pw
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1 Br Grannyflat
$330pw
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South Penrith
3 Br House
$450pw
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South Penrith
3 Br House
$550pw
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3 Br Home
$440pw
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PENRITH
ST CLAIR
10am-10:30am Professionals Erskine Park
JAMISONTOWN 2/4-6 Dent Street
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26/12-14 Hope St
ERSKINE PARK 15 Columba Place
SUBURB
ST MARYS Jamisontown
By Appoinment Ross Heidtmann
PROPERTIES FOR RENT SUBURB
DESCRIPTION
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COLYTON Colyton
PENRITH 3 Br Home
$520pw
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ERSKINE PARK Erskine Park
QUAKERS HILL 3 Br Home
$510pw
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GRANVILLE Granville
Quakers Hill
SOUTH PENRITH 2 Br Unit
$330pw
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JAMISONTOWN Jamisontown
Penrith
2 Br Unit
$365pw
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ST CLAIR St Clair
Kingswood
2 Br Unit
$300pw
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Kingswood
2 Br Townhouse
$350pw
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3 Br Townhouse
$435pw
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St Marys
1 Br Granny flat
$200pw
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St Marys
4 Br House
$420pw
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3 Br Home
$400pw
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LETHBRIDGE PARK Lethbridge Park
2 Br Home
$350pw
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MOUNT DRUITT Mount Druitt
WERRINGTON 2 Br Unit
$350pw
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Outer Western Sydney AUCTION
Pages Road / Smith Street, St Marys
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The ideal location of this property provides relaxed surroundings and beautiful park facilities for the whole family. • Ideally located to the main street of St Marys and motorway amongst other things like shopping centre, McDonald’s and clubs • Offering from 395.3m2 (approx.) blocks that are already registered for you to build your choice of home in this very convenient location • You could choose to build your family’s first or even new dream home OR that great investment with all the new home depreciation benefits (STCA).
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$550,000 plus . . . AUCTION On Site Sat 12th February at 11:00am ADDRESS Pages Road / Smith Street, St Marys CONTACT Professionals St Marys 9673 4422 Terry Hansen 0418 245 683
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6 Cassia Close, St Clair
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Calling All First Home Buyers/ Investors!! Beautifully renovated home on a 417sqm block. Featuring: • Modern kitchen with granite benchtops, gas cooking & stainless steel dishwasher • 3 bedrooms with BIRs • Split system air con • Second living area • Renovated bathroom • Great sized backyard with a covered entertainment area & awesome timber decking • Single lock-up garage. Rental potential: $500-$550pw.
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Brick rendered, fully renovated family home featuring: 4 good size bedrooms with BIRs to 3 & ceiling fans to all • Brand new kitchen with electric cooktop, quality tiled splashback & stainless steel appliances • Spacious lounge & dining area off kitchen • Brand new main bathroom • Spacious outdoor entertaining area & large grassed yard area
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This home is situated close to schools, shops and bus stop only a few doors down. • Home boasts built-in robes to both rooms • Gas kitchen, with dining area as well • External laundry • Detached garage & a fenced rear yard • 601sqm approx. slopes to rear • Estimated rental return of $330pw
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$699,000 - $729,000 INSPECT Saturday 5th Feb at 10:00am-11:00am ADDRESS 200 Carpenter Street, St Marys CONTACT Professionals St Marys 9673 4422 Rob Masters 0414 281 291
6 Milton Street, Colyton
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Attention Investors – You Already Have A Tenant This property has everything you need to get you started including a nice tenant paying $420 per week. • 3 bedrooms • Built-in robes to two bedrooms • Open plan lounge & dining • Neat kitchen with electric cooking • Bathroom with separate toilet • Split system air conditioner • Single lock-up garage • Fenced rear yard making a safe environment for the children
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See You At St Marys In This 2 Bedroom Home
631sqm block. This home features: • 4 bedrooms with Just Listed!! ceiling fans & BIRs, main with ensuite • Formal lounge, INSPECT Saturday 5th Feb at 12:00pm-12:45pm dining room & a 3rd living space or 5th bedroom ADDRESS 5 Hartwell Court, St Clair • Spacious new kitchen with gas cooking & dishwasher • Informal meals & family room • Solar panels • Ducted air CONTACT Professionals Erskine Park 9834 3555 Angelo Mavris 0425 361 696 cond • Alfresco entertaining area • Massive backyard Rental potential $650-$680pw.
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200 Carpenter Street, St Marys
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This renovated brick veneer 3-bedroom home is sure Just Listed to impress as it offers such features as: INSPECT Saturday 5th Feb at 11:30am-12:00pm • Floating timber floorboards to bedrooms ADDRESS 6 Milton Street, Colyton • Combined tiled living and dining • Modern kitchen with a 900mm gas oven, stone CONTACT Professionals St Marys 9673 4422 benchtops • Split system A/C unit • Alarm system • Rob Masters 0414 281 291 Modern bathroom • Great sized front and rear yards on an approx 563 sqm block • Single garage and carport • Great tenants wanting to stay on
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Whalan
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An opportunity exists for home owners or investors to secure this wonderful home which sits on a great size block $700,000 - $770,000 INSPECT By Appointment of land in the privately owned area of Whalan. Features of ADDRESS Whalan the property include: • Oversized garage • Stunning polished timber floors throughout • Built-ins to three good CONTACT Professionals Erskine Park 9834 3555 size bedrooms • Brand new gutters, fascias and downpipes Terry Hansen 0418 245 683 • External laundry under the main roof • Granny flat potential subject to approval • Land size 663.9m2 • Rent potential $400p/w. Offering easy access to schools, bus stop, Mount Druitt Station and major shopping hubs.
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Penrith Greater Region and Blue Mountains 2/4-6 Dent Street, Jamisontown
FOR SALE
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• Beautiful 2 bedroom ground floor unit • Striking modern flooring throughout • Spacious open living design with split A/C • Large modern kitchen & bathroom • Two under cover verandah areas • Close to shops, parklands, fast food outlets, M4 motorway
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15 Marscay 26/12-14Street HopeKellyville Street, Penrith Ridge
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BROKING BREAKDOWN
RATE RISE COMING IT’LL BE A SHOCK TO MANY
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The interest rate hawks are screeching louder with the latest surge in inflation prompting economists and financial market analysts to predict that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will be forced to raise official interest rates earlier than expected. The RBA has maintained for the past few years that it did not envisage a need to lift rates until 2024 or perhaps late next year at the earliest. But some economists are tipping the central bank may have to take action as early as May this year which could be in the middle of the Federal Election campaign. The last time interest rates rose during an election campaign was in 2007 when Labor’s Kevin Rudd
defeated then Prime Minister John Howard. According to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, headline inflation was up 3.5 per cent in the year to December 31, while underlying inflation – which is the RBA’s preferred measure – was 2.6 per cent, still solidly within the central bank’s two to three per cent target band. Westpac economists have predicted the RBA will lift official interest rates from 0.1 per cent to 0.25 per cent in August, followed by a larger 0.25 per cent point hike in October. But Bluestone Home Loans consultant economist Dr Andrew Wilson has dismissed this as
“nonsensical” because the shortterm outlook for the national labour market “remains patchy”, with the self-imposed voluntary lockdowns due to the recent surge in COVID cases throughout most of the nation impacting “economic performance through January, February and perhaps beyond”. Despite all the screeching in the media about possible rate rises, I think many mortgage holders are not engaged with the idea and when rates do go up it could be a shock to the system seeing the last RBA rate hike was in November, 2010! I expect as brokers we’ll see a lot more clients contacting us when this does happen.
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