The Surry Hills property market has gone from strength to strength in recent years. After another strong 12 months of growth, the median house price has gone up 8.41% to $2.005 million to the end of September 2021. At the forefront, an agent long-renowned for his sales activity in Redfern has become Surry Hills’ #1 Agent.
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A lot has been happening around us.
It confirmed what locals already knew, highlighting the constant demand to move to the area, keeping house prices buoyant.
Surry Hills has officially been voted into the top 20 coolest neighbourhoods in the world. (You didn’t know? Click here to read about it.)
At the same time, Sydney saw a trend through Covid for people to move into larger houses. While the typical Surry Hills terrace has a footprint of 100-200 square metres (not huge by the rest of Australia’s standards), these properties offered inner-city residents a lot of spatial options during the pandemic — from living spaces over two storeys, to urban backyards, rear-lane studios and more.
Amid all this activity, Charles Touma of the Ray White Touma Group has been selling more homes than any other local agent. When he sold 3 terrace houses in one weekend recently, he stepped into that #1 spot.
Having been #1 in neighbouring Redfern for many years, Touma’s success in Surry Hills increased during lockdown. The government mandates for one-on-one property appointments meant he was personally introducing clients to every home. Some of them had never even considered Surry Hills.
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We’ve been following Charles for his “Touma Talks” series, where he focuses on the stories of Surry Hills and Redfern in a number of videos.
Touma Talks has covered an eclectic mix of stories in a series of videos that gives interesting anecdotes about people and places that shaped their suburb.
Some of the highlights are:
The Perkal Brothers used to ply their trade at 386 Crown St. Their best client was Kerry Packer but they also serviced two Queens.
The Worst Woman in Sydney Episode was a cracker? She operated out of Landsdowne Street, Pearl Street, and Devonshire Street.
Other local stories include one on Foster Lane, where there was once a highly secretive local venue called ‘Thommo’s Two-Up School.’ Oh to be a fly on the wall back in the day!
Also, have you heard about the pub that never opened on the corner of Arthur and Alexander Streets?
And did you know that AC/DC’s Bon Scott broke his ankle over on Cleveland Street?
There’s certainly no shortage of Local Legends for Touma to feature in the series.
Despite the likelihood of increased interest rates in 2022, Touma expects demand for terrace houses close to Sydney CBD to continue.