Inner west heritage home sells for $200k over reserve as market ‘opens up’

Key points

• A family from South Strathfield paid $3.1 million at auction for a four-bedroom Federation-era home at 62 O’Connor Street in Haberfield, $200,000 over the reserve. The new owners said the market had opened up some areas to buy.
• In Croydon Park, a two-bedroom semi sold for $1.3 million, $150,000 below its reserve, with a single bidder.
• In Woolooware, a family from Dulwich Hill bid against themselves to buy a three-bedroom townhouse for $1.43 million, below its $1.52 million reserve.