144 properties · Northcote, Auckland

Sylvan Avenue, Northcote

Sylvan Avenue in Northcote has 144 properties, valued by the council between $620,000 and $3,575,000 with a median of $1,350,000 (Northcote: $1,100,000). More of its homes were built in the 1960s than in any other decade. We estimate its homes at a median $1,300,000. 6 sold in the last twelve months, for a median $1,065,000. The highest sale in 2026 was 107 Sylvan Avenue, at $1,960,000.

$1.35mmedian council valuation
$1.3mour median estimate
$1.06mmedian sale, last 12 months · 6 sales
1960median year built
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144 properties on Sylvan Avenue, Northcote

Highest and lowest on Sylvan Avenue

Highest-valued home25 Sylvan Avenue$3,575,000council valuation · 4 bed · 277 m² floor · 976 m² land
Lowest-valued home2/104 Sylvan Avenue$620,000council valuation · 2 bed · 80 m² floor
Highest sale in 2026107 Sylvan Avenue$1,960,000sold 5 Mar 2026 · 5 bed · 207 m² floor · 842 m² land

Property values on Sylvan Avenue

The council values Sylvan Avenue's 133 rated properties between $620,000 and $3,575,000. The middle half sit between about $1,062,500 and $1,742,500; the median is $1,350,000 and the mean $1,475,301.

Lowest: $620k$620kLowest10%: $920k20%: $1.02m20%30%: $1.1m40%: $1.21m40%Median: $1.35m60%: $1.5m60%70%: $1.65m80%: $1.84m80%90%: $2.31mHighest: $3.58m$3.58mHighest
BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian sale
11$2.33m0—
217$1.02m1—
343$1.2m1—
450$1.48m3$1.08m
5+17$1.82m1—

Council rating valuations: the council's figure for apportioning rates, not a market appraisal.

Sylvan Avenue compared with Northcote

Sylvan Avenue's median council value is 23% above Northcote's.

Sylvan AvenueNorthcoteAuckland
Median council value$1.35m$1.1m$1.07m
Median sale, last 12 months$1.06m$1.0m$1.0m
Sold in the last 12 months4.2%3.3%3.6%
Time between sales10.7 yrs8.0 yrs8.9 yrs
Median section766 m²670 m²607 m²
Median year built196019801980
Council value per m² of floor$8k$9k$8k

Sylvan Avenue house prices over time

Median sale price by year; 2026 is the year so far. A year with fewer than two sales has no bar.

2016: $853k (3 sales)$853k20162017: $1.41m (6 sales)2018: $1.06m (5 sales)20182019: $860k (6 sales)2020: $1.25m (7 sales)20202021: $1.63m (11 sales)$1.63m2022: $1.45m (8 sales)20222023: too few sales to say (1 sale)2024: $959k (6 sales)20242025: $1.53m (4 sales)2026: $1.06m (6 sales, this year so far)$1.06m2026
Sales by year as a table
YearSalesMedian pricePer m² floor
20266$1,065,000$7,434
20254$1,527,500$7,159
20246$958,500$10,031
20231$1,052,000$5,537
20228$1,450,000$9,018
202111$1,630,000$11,480
20207$1,252,000$8,367
20196$860,000$7,458
20185$1,060,000$9,045
20176$1,407,500$6,760
20163$853,000$8,421

Recent sales on Sylvan Avenue

The homes on Sylvan Avenue

Sylvan Avenue has 81 houses, 45 units and townhouses, 14 apartments and 3 sections. More were built in the 1960s than in any other decade (26%).

1920s: 2 (2 homes)21920s1930s: 1 (1 home)1940s: 17 (17 homes)1940s1950s: 24 (24 homes)1960s: 34 (34 homes)341960s1970s: 16 (16 homes)1980s: 4 (4 homes)1980s1990s: 19 (19 homes)2000s: 1 (1 home)2000s2010s: 5 (5 homes)2020s: 7 (7 homes)72020s

How long owners stay on Sylvan Avenue

Homes on Sylvan Avenue that resold in the last five years had been held a median 10.7 years (Northcote: 8.0 years).

Time between a home's sales, for 24 resales in the last five years. A home not sold since our records begin is not counted, so owners who stay longest are under-represented.

Building and resource consents on Sylvan Avenue

12building consents in the last 5 years
15resource consents in the last 5 years
  • 103 Sylvan Avenue1 Jun 2026 · Building consentRbw - construction of four two-storey detached dwgs, each comprising four bedrooms, three bathrooms for lot 1, 2, 3 & five be drooms four bathrooms for lot 4 & two living, kitchen, dining, wc
  • 105 Sylvan Avenue1 Jun 2026 · Building consentRbw - construction of four two-storey, detached dwgs, each comprising 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms for lot 5,6,7. 5 bedrooms 4 bathrooms for lot 8 & 2 living, kitchen, dining, wc, laundry, internal
  • 10 Sylvan Avenue1 Mar 2026 · Building consentConstruction of 12 dwgs in three blocks & 1 detached dwg. Total 13 - subject to a section 77 certificate
  • 48 Sylvan Avenue1 Feb 2026 · Building consentInstall new fire & flue into existing chimney (firenzo kompact ag)
  • 15 Sylvan Avenue1 Sept 2025 · Building consentRbw - proposed 4 bedrooms two-story space add to the existing house, with new living, dining area & new decking around also new sitting area plus ensuite & bathrooms.
  • 37 Sylvan Avenue18 Mar 2025 · Resource consentTo widen the internal driveway and replace the existing front yard retaining walls with a new single retaining wall structure with a maximum height of 2m with a 1m safety barrier on top. As well as to
  • 105 Sylvan Avenue28 Feb 2025 · Resource consentTo remove the existing buildings on the site (a permitted under the AUP(OP)) and then to construct eight new dwellings, configured on two rows for four detached dwellings, all two storeys in height. V
  • 105 Sylvan Avenue28 Feb 2025 · Resource consentTo create eight fee simple (freehold) residential lots and one Jointly Owned Access Lot (Lot 9) around consented development LUC60439222 of BUN60439221.
  • 15 Sylvan Avenue31 Jan 2025 · Resource consentTo vary conditions for resource consent LUC60383734. The consent holder wishes to amend the report and plan references in Condition 1 and Condition 5.
  • 71 Sylvan Avenue20 Feb 2024 · Resource consentConstruction of a palisade wall

Sales and valuations as at 11 September 2026, from council and LINZ records. Medians resting on fewer than 3 sales are not shown.