Burleigh Waters Has a New Upper-Limit Test: $4,000,000

A four-bedroom waterfront home just listed at $4,000,000 — 70.2% above the suburb's upper quartile. That single number is the reason to watch this one.

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The Property

16A Seahawk Crescent is a two-level, four-bedroom, three-bathroom house on a cul-de-sac in the heart of Burleigh Waters. It carries water views that, per the listing, extend to the mountains beyond — a genuine dual outlook that is uncommon even among the suburb's waterfront stock. A pool, a covered timber deck, and multiple living zones round out what the marketing frames as a lifestyle-first waterfront residence with strong walkability to Burleigh's centre.

What the listing does not yet confirm is the two figures that would most help justify a $4,000,000 ask: land size and internal floor area. Neither is published. Against a suburb median lot of 639 sqm, the premium here has to be carried by position, the water-and-mountain aspect, and the quality of the build — not by disclosed scale. That is worth holding in mind as the campaign unfolds.

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Why This Sale Matters

Upper-limit listings set the reference price for every comparable vendor who lists next. If this sells at or near $4,000,000, it re-anchors the top of Burleigh Waters and gives the next waterfront seller a number to point to. If it sits, reduces, and sells lower, it tells the market precisely where the ceiling actually is right now. Either outcome is useful data for every homeowner in the suburb — which is exactly why it's worth following to settlement.

The question the price creates is whether the premium is grounded or aspirational. The identifiable strengths are real: a waterfront position, a dual water-and-mountain aspect, a pool, and a walkable cul-de-sac location in a suburb where waterfront supply is limited. Those are the attributes that justify a top-of-market ask. Against them sits the absence of confirmed land and floor area, and no detected renovation signals — the things that would ordinarily separate a $4,000,000 home from a $2,500,000 one on paper. On the data available, the price is leaning heavily on aspect and scarcity to bridge a wide gap.

And the gap is wide. At $4,000,000, this asks 90.5% above the suburb's median for four-bedroom houses ($2,100,000) and 70.2% above the upper quartile of all house sales ($2,350,000). That is not a stretch above the top end — it is a different tier. The market has to agree that this specific home belongs there.

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What the Numbers Say

All figures below are house sales only.

• Asking price: $4,000,000
• Suburb median (rolling 12-month): $1,925,000, across 42 tracked sales
• Upper quartile (75th percentile): $2,350,000 — the ask sits +70.2% above this
• Four-bedroom median: $2,100,000 — the ask sits +90.5% above this
• Average days on market: 29 days suburb-wide; 48 days for four-bedroom homes
• Listed: 2 days ago — just on the market

The top of Burleigh Waters, as measured by the upper quartile, currently sits at $2,350,000. This listing is asking $1,650,000 more than that benchmark. Burleigh Waters is in a growth phase, with prices up +6.9% year-on-year — but the most recent quarter softened, at -4.9% quarter-on-quarter. Momentum over twelve months is real; the last three months are not pointing straight up. A ceiling test is landing at a moment when the short-term trend is mixed, not surging.

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Our Take

The reading below is Fields’ editorial opinion, not a valuation or a forecast.

This is a genuine ceiling test, and the honest read is that the price is ahead of what the disclosed data supports. Waterfront aspect and scarcity can carry a premium in Burleigh Waters — but 70.2% above the upper quartile is a long way to travel on aspect alone, and the two figures that would anchor a $4,000,000 valuation, land size and floor area, aren't on the table. The four-bedroom average of 48 days on market tells you the top end here already takes time to transact; at nearly double the four-bedroom median, this should be expected to take considerably longer. The outcome that would confirm the market has genuinely arrived at this level is a sale at or near $4,000,000 within a normal campaign window — that would re-anchor the top end decisively. A drawn-out campaign with a reduction would tell the opposite story, and set the real ceiling somewhere below the ask. Both are worth knowing. Two days in, it's too early to read anything into time on market — the interesting phase starts now.

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Follow This Sale

We'll be watching where this one lands, and we'll publish the result in our How It Sold series once it settles. A sale near the ask re-writes the top of Burleigh Waters; a reduction tells you where the ceiling really is. Follow Fields to see which way it goes.

Data: Fields internal database, Burleigh Waters house sales. Know your ground.

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