Newcastle Group

By choosing the services of Ray White Newcastle Group you are dealing with five offices which operate under one common ownership to service the Newcastle and Lower Hunter. This is a major advantage to you and will allow your property to be networked among our selling teams. Your property will be promoted, not just by the Agent you list with, but the whole office, and the adjoining offices’ sales teams as well.

Our offices are located at Newcastle, Charlestown, Hamilton, with Ray White Commercial in Charlestown and Ray White Lifestyle and Rural in Newcastle. In line with the needs of New South Wales fastest growing region, these five offices specialise in all areas of the real estate industry and look after the interest of a wide range of clients, from first home buyers to large corporations. We pride ourselves on our professional approach to business and offer our clients expert advice and attention to detail, making it our responsibility to fully understand your needs.

Ray White has a large team of specialist sales people, property management and clerical staff, who are experts in their respective fields of operation. When you engage us as your Agents, we undertake to keep you completely informed as to the state of the market as it affects your property and we ensure that you can make a fully informed decision when a buyer is found. All of our sales staff are graduates of the Ray White Sales Course. They regularly attend seminars to ensure that you are properly advised, to ensure that your property receives the maximum exposure to the market and, most importantly, to ensure that you obtain the highest possible price in the shortest possible time.

Our association with other Ray White offices throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia allows our clients to take advantage of the continual referrals that are passed onto us regarding all aspects of real estate through the Ray White Super Group.

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas. It is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area which includes most parts of the Local Government Areas of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council.

Situated 162km’s NNE of Sydney, at the mouth of the Hunter River, it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region. Famous for its coal, Newcastle is presently the largest coal exporting harbour in the world, exporting over 97 Mt of coal in 2009–10 with plans to expand annual capacity to 180 Mt by 2013. Beyond the city, the Hunter Region possesses large coal deposits.

The size of Newcastle approximately 1km². It has 7 parks covering nearly 11% of the total area. There are 2 schools located in Newcastle.

The population of Newcastle in 2001 was 2,414 people. By 2006 the population was 1,918 showing a population decline of 21% in the area during that time.

The predominant age group in Newcastle is 20 – 29 years.

Currently the median sale price of houses in the area is $595,000.