WESTERN suburbs with plenty of new housing have become prime hunting grounds for buyers seeking a good deal.

Buyers in these suburbs face less competition for housing, have more room to negotiate a bargain price and a wide choice of quality homes, Realestate.com.au data showed.

The research ranked Penrith suburb Jordan Springs as the Harbour City’s top buyers’ market, with online listings attracting fewer visits despite a high number of recent sales.

media_camera 33 Montague Dr, Jordan Springs, has just been listed.

Properties in the suburb have also tended to linger on the market for long periods without selling and the original asking prices of most homes have had to be dropped by up to $13,000 to sell.

Such conditions defy Sydney as a whole, which remains an extreme sellers’ market where a lean supply of homes has caused ranks of house hunters to spend months competing for homes but come up empty-handed.

media_camera 89 Gordon Rd, Auburn, is a decent deal for a popular suburb.

Other areas where buyers have more power in property transactions include Auburn, Ropes Crossing, Bankstown and Camden suburb Gregory Hills, due to the high number of new housing estates currently offering house and land packages.

The median prices of houses in these areas are up to $200,000 cheaper than the citywide median of just over $800,000.

media_camera New properties at Ropes Crossing provide good value.

The large supply of units coming onto the market in Rhodes, Wolli Creek and Breakfast Point has also turned these suburbs into buyers’ markets, Realestate.com.au executive general manager Andrew Rechtman said.

media_camera James, Natalia, Levi and Scarlett Carr have bought in the western Sydney suburb of Cobbitty. Photo: Melvyn Knipe

“These [suburbs] present more affordable price points, making them attractive for people looking to enter the property market,” Mr Rechtman said.

SQM Research analyst Louis Christopher added that house sales below $1 million have become near extinct within a 10km radius of the CBD, making Western Sydney one of the last regions of the city where house prices are still relatively affordable.

“The simple fact is that buyers have more purchasing power out west,” he said.

Mortgage Choice chief executive John Flavell said low supply has played a key role in pushing up Sydney prices, and the areas with a higher supply of homes have cheaper prices.

“Property prices, like the prices for anything else, are driven fundamentally by supply and demand,’’ Mr Flavell said.

‘‘When demand is strong and supply is weak, then prices will increase — which is exactly what has happened and what is continuing to happen,”

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But while Sydney’s western suburbs offer the best buying opportunities in the city, in NSW overall the best buyers’ markets are far from the capital.

The top-ranking buyers’ market is Parkes, 300km to the west, followed by coastal town South West Rocks and Moree, near the Queensland border.

The other areas making up the state’s top 10 include Eden, Inverell, Casino, Tenterfield and Cootamundra.

The country’s top buyers’ markets are various Queensland mining towns.

A simple decision — to get on with life

A BIG new house or nothing. Natalia and James Carr decided this would be their approach to buying their home and sought out an area with an abundance of large homes: Cobbitty.

The Camden suburb, 8km west of Gregory Hills, is dominated by new housing estates and the couple was immediately impressed by the area’s “modern village” feel, Mrs Carr said.

The Carrs purchased a newly built house on a 450sq m block in AV Jennings’ masterplanned community Arcadian Hills, and say buying in the outer west has been rewarding.

media_camera The family bought a newly built house in the masterplanned community Arcadian Hills. Photo: Melvyn Knipe

“Buying a home is very easy out here,” Mrs Carr said. “I’m a fan of fixing up Federation-style homes in places like the inner west, but in reality that costs money and time. The inner city market is also very competitive. Your money doesn’t go far.”

She added that they secured a home larger and newer than anything they’d have been able to afford further east, with additional luxury features to boot.

“Camden is great for single-income families like us,” she said.

“A lot of our friends spent months trying to find suitable homes in other parts of the city and have really struggled. We quickly found exactly what we wanted and got on with life.”