Homebuyers still keeping up tight auction competition ahead of Christmas

Home auction weekends are still seeing strong turnout from buyers and sellers in the first week of December, with dozens crowding some of Queensland’s hottest properties before the end of 2025.

10 registered bidders showed up at the auction for 10 Burn St, Camp Hill, which was in such demand that six remained active through the furious bidding war.

Investors, developers and owner-occupiers each made about a third of the demographics seeking the home: a post-war residence on 500 sqm of land.

10 Burn St, Camp Hill – one of several properties still seeing strong turnout at auctions during the end of the year.

The rental property was valued as a ready-made house in a popular suburb, a source of passive income and a chance for new home potential on the existing land.

Place Camp Hill agent Shane Hicks the bidding was “very aggressive”, from a starting bid of $1.1 million and quickly going up by several hundred thousand dollars.

“It’s in an area of the suburb where there is a lot of redevelopment going on,” he said. “It’s a combination of post-war homes like this … and a lot of areas where these homes are being knocked down to make a five-bedroom home with a pool.”

The house sold for $1.49 million with stiff competition from investors, owner-occupiers and developers, with each of them feeling it was a perfect opportunity.

The house sold at $1.49m to a young investor considering future redevelopment, after seeing the property’s value had spiked during the last owners’ tenure.

Camp Hill was an active suburb over the weekend, with the home at 13 Brisbane Ave seeing active bidding from four out of the five registered.

“Four of those bidders had seen it at the very first open home three weeks earlier,” Mr Hicks said, “but the actual fifth bidder, who was the eventual buyer, had never seen it before.”

13 Brisbane Ave, Camp Hill, which sold for $2.4m to a buyer who hadn’t seen it until the day.

An opening bid from the fifth bidder started the auction at $2 million, with the home’s price shooting up to $2.4 million within minutes.

After negotiation, the home sold to a professional couple for $2.5 million.

“They live in an inner-city apartment, and they have a dog,” Mr Hicks said. “The dog was one of the reasons for their moving … they wanted space for their pet.”

Mr Hicks added he felt he was still seeing a very active rental market across the city, despite many people taking their Christmas breaks.

“To me a lot of people say real estate’s over for the year, and it’s not,” he said. “There’s still a lot of very active buyers out there.”

1 Timbertop St, Buderim, was Queensland’s most-viewed property going to auction on the first weekend of December.

Queensland’s most-viewed property online that went to auction over the weekend was 1 Timbertop Street, Buderim, with a crowd of more than 70 people to watch the six registered bidders fight for the Sunshine Coast home.

A bid of $1.1m started the quick auction between three active bidders, moving so fast that the whole thing was over before ten minutes had passed.

Ray White Buderim agent Brodie Rodgers said the home belonged to a downsizing couple who had owned it for 22 years, and the three-week campaign saw more than 100 people at inspections.

With 1,051 sqm of land, a sea of big owner-occupier families looked to snag the property, which sold for $1.527m.

“It just had the ingredients for everyone,” he said, pointing to the property’s 1,051 sqm of land. “All the buyers fighting out for it had a lot of vehicles.”

After bidding commenced, the home was quickly called on the market at $1.4 million. Before anyone knew it, the house had sold for $1.527m.

It went to a local blended family, who Mr Rodgers said were “just wanting to buy something on a big block with a shared space.”

“They sellers are extremely happy now,” he added. “They’ve got enough to retire … travel around Australia in their van.”

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