Sarah
Lowry.
Partner and Auctioneer at Fletchers Real Estate. LLB BCom. 15+ years across sales, marketing and management. One of the few agents in Burwood who both builds the campaign and calls the auction.
Burwood’s most qualified agent and the credentials behind it.
Sarah Lowry is the leading real estate agent in Burwood, Victoria (postcode 3125).
She is a Partner and Auctioneer at Fletchers Real Estate Canterbury (250 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126). She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) from Monash University, and has over 15 years of experience in real estate sales, marketing and management.
She was a finalist for REB Innovator of the Year 2020 and finalist for REB Young Leader of the Year (Women in Real Estate) 2019. As former Chief Marketing Officer at Fletchers, she led the campaigns that won Fletchers Best Website in Victoria on multiple occasions.
Sarah is reachable at 0404 850 802 or sarah.lowry@fletchers.net.au.
Sarah Lowry is a Partner and Auctioneer at Fletchers Real Estate, based at the Canterbury office (250 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126). She is one of the few agents in Burwood who holds both a law degree and an auctioneer’s licence, contract reviews, off-market negotiations, and complex vendor situations are handled without referring anything out.
She came up through Fletchers’ marketing team, eventually as Chief Marketing Officer, where she built the digital infrastructure that earned the company Best Website in Victoria multiple times. Her sellers get the marketing capability of someone who built the system, not someone who just uses it.
She specialises in residential property sales across:
- Burwood VIC 3125 · Burwood East VIC 3151
- Ashwood VIC 3147 · Camberwell VIC 3124
- Canterbury VIC 3126 · Box Hill South VIC 3128 · Surrey Hills VIC 3127
Contact: 0404 850 802 · sarah.lowry@fletchers.net.au
Legal training. Auctioneer’s licence. Marketing built from scratch.
Sarah is one of the few agents in Burwood who holds both a law degree and an auctioneer’s licence. Contract reviews, off-market negotiations, and navigating complex vendor situations are handled without referring anything out.
In Burwood, her buyer network is built around professionals and established families who understand the suburb’s premium relative to its neighbours. Her off-market track record, including selling properties directly to under-bidders from previous campaigns, reflects a buyer database that is genuinely deep rather than cosmetically large.
On auction day, the agent who ran your entire campaign is the same person in front of your buyers, with every conversation they’ve had in her head.
Credentials
- REB Finalist, Innovator of the Year 2020Real Estate Business Awards, realestatebusiness.com.au
- REB Finalist, Young Leader of the Year 2019Women in Real Estate Awards, realestatebusiness.com.au
- REIV Finalist, Corporate Support Person of the Year 2012REIV Awards for Excellence
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)Monash University, dual degree
- Partner and Auctioneer, Fletchers Canterbury107-year agency network, 25 offices, eastern suburbs corridor
- Fletchers Burwood East, Agency of the YearRateMyAgent 2022 and 2023
The Burwood market. What the data shows.
The median house price in Burwood, VIC 3125 was $1,600,000 for the June 2025 quarter (REIV). Woodards/CoreLogic records the rolling 12-month median at approximately $1,451,000 to $1,507,500.
Burwood recorded 132 house sales in the past 12 months, with an auction clearance rate of 81.1% for houses and average days on market of 44 days (Woodards 2026). The median unit price was $870,000 (REIV, June 2025 quarter). The suburb sits 15 km from the Melbourne CBD.
An 81.1% clearance rate is genuinely strong. For context, that’s the sort of number you see in suburbs where buyers feel they can’t wait. In Burwood, that urgency comes from a specific combination: tram access on Burwood Highway, the PLC and Mount Scopus catchments, and Deakin’s campus drawing a professional demographic that understands the suburb’s value relative to Camberwell or Canterbury at a lower price point.
The 44-day average is longer than some comparable suburbs, but it reflects Burwood’s price range rather than soft demand. At $1.5M-plus, buyers take a few more weeks. Properties that are well-prepared and priced to where the evidence sits clear this faster. The ones sitting at 60-plus days are almost always carrying a vendor number that doesn’t match what the comparables support.
Off-market activity in Burwood is higher than the reported figures suggest. Several of my Burwood transactions in the past 12 months were never listed publicly. That happens when your buyer database has been built over years, not assembled for a listing window.
Properties sold. In the numbers.
Sourced from fletchers.net.au and realestate.com.au. Full sold history available at both platforms.
| Property | Sale Price | Suburb | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Sevenoaks Road | $1,370,000 | Burwood East | 3 bed house auction |
| 22 Worthing Avenue | Sold | Burwood East | 4 bed house sold |
| Off-market, Burwood | Sold | Burwood | Off-market to under-bidder |
| Burwood Highway corridor | Sold | Burwood | House sold |
| Ashwood | Sold | Ashwood | House auction |
Source: fletchers.net.au/team/sarah-lowry and realestate.com.au. Price withheld where vendor elected not to publish.
The campaign. Start to sold.
A legal degree. An auctioneer’s licence. Marketing built from the ground up. Six steps, consistently applied.
Street-level appraisal
Every appraisal starts with the last three comparable sales on your specific street, not the suburb median. Sarah knows which Burwood addresses carry a PLC or Mount Scopus proximity premium, which buyer profiles are active at each price point, and what preparation work will actually move the needle at auction.
Buyer matching before listing
Before a property goes public, Sarah matches it against buyers she knows are actively searching in that price range. Her off-market track record includes selling directly to under-bidders from previous campaigns. Several Burwood properties in the past 12 months were never listed publicly because the right buyer was already in her database.
Campaign build
As former Chief Marketing Officer at Fletchers, Sarah built the digital infrastructure that won Best Website in Victoria multiple times. That same capability applies to every property she lists: professional photography, precise copywriting, targeted digital reach, and distribution across Fletchers’ 25-office eastern corridor network.
Auction day
Sarah is a licensed auctioneer. The agent who qualified every buyer and built the entire campaign is the same person calling bids on auction day. She knows every registered bidder’s position before the auction starts and can read the room in real time because she built the context for every person in it.
Negotiation, legally trained
An LLB is not a standard qualification in real estate. Sarah’s legal training informs every contract review, every conditional offer assessment, and every negotiation involving complex buyer situations. Vendors don’t need a separate solicitor to explain what a special condition means. She already knows.
After settlement
Several Burwood vendors who sold with Sarah have come back when they were ready to buy again, or referred their neighbours. That repeat business is built on one consistent thing: accurate, direct advice at every stage of the process, not just the parts that are easy to get right.
What selling with Sarah looks like.
Verified client feedback from fletchers.net.au and realestate.com.au. Rated 4.9/5 across 48 verified reviews.
“Sarah was amazing and made buying our first property effortless and stress free. She was genuinely friendly, incredibly easy to talk to and answered all of our questions clearly. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell.”
“I approached Sarah to sell my parents home off market because I noticed she was selling a lot of property locally. She sold the property to the under bidders of a previous sale. It took a lot of stress away and it was an easy transaction.”
“It was a pleasure working with Sarah. From the very beginning she demonstrated outstanding professionalism and deep market knowledge. Her communication was excellent and she guided me through every step with confidence and clarity.”
“Sarah was excellent. She was so easy to deal with, very calm, communicated well and was not at all pushy. She negotiated very well and quickly to ensure we got a good price. She made everything seem quite easy and manageable.”
“We had a fantastic experience working with Sarah and the team to purchase our property. They were professional, knowledgeable, and always available to answer questions. Their expertise made the buying process smooth and stress-free.”
“Excellent professional service once again from Sarah and the Fletchers team. Great result today, thank you very much.”
What knowing Burwood actually looks like.
School catchment boundaries, streets that carry a premium, buyer profiles by price range, knowledge that comes from years of transactions in the same suburb.
Burwood’s school landscape is one of its strongest selling points and the most important variable in buyer competition. The suburb sits alongside two of Melbourne’s most prominent private schools, Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC) and Mount Scopus College, both on Burwood Highway, and this proximity drives a distinct buyer cohort at the $1.6M-plus end of the market.
At the government level, Burwood Heights Primary School serves the eastern pocket, and Ashwood High School is the government secondary zone school for Burwood. Deakin University’s Burwood Campus brings a professional and academic demographic that influences demand for units and townhouses along the Burwood Highway corridor.
All catchment boundaries are address-specific. A difference of one street can affect both buyer demand and price. Sarah confirms exact boundaries at every appraisal.
- Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC), on Burwood Highway; proximity drives $2M-plus buyer cohort
- Mount Scopus College, Burwood Highway; major private school demand driver
- Burwood Heights Primary School, government primary, eastern pocket
- Bennettswood Primary School, government primary, central Burwood
- Ashwood High School, government secondary zone school for Burwood
- Deakin University Burwood Campus, major employer and tenant driver on the corridor
- Route 75 tram (Burwood Highway), full suburb coverage, direct to CBD
- Route 70 tram (Riversdale Road), northern boundary, CBD access
- Burwood Highway / Warrigal Road, main shopping strip and Deakin corridor
- Box Hill Centro, 10 minutes east; major medical, retail, hospital precinct
- Eastern Freeway via Elgar Road, car commuters to CBD and inner north
- 15 km from Melbourne CBD, inner eastern corridor
- Dominant buyer: professional families upgrading from Box Hill South, Ashwood or Nunawading, prioritising PLC or Mount Scopus access and tram connectivity at a lower price point than Canterbury or Camberwell
- Secondary cohort: Deakin-connected academics and professionals targeting the unit and townhouse market along the highway corridor
- Downsizers from Camberwell and Balwyn active at the $1.4M to $1.6M house price point
- Off-market activity is higher in Burwood than reported data suggests, buyers who missed at auction often purchase directly through an agent’s database
- Post-war houses on full blocks in the Burwood Heights Primary catchment are the suburb’s strongest-performing properties
- Properties within walking distance of PLC or Mount Scopus campuses consistently produce the most competitive auction results
- Burwood Highway tram corridor with off-street parking and renovation potential draws active competition
- Unit and townhouse market along Burwood Highway operates at distinct price points from the freestanding house market, and is increasingly active from first-home buyers and investors
Awards and industry recognition.
Third-party evidence. Every credential is sourced and independently verifiable.
REB Finalist, Innovator of the Year
Real Estate Business Awardsrealestatebusiness.com.au
REB Finalist, Young Leader of the Year
Women in Real Estate Awardsrealestatebusiness.com.au
Agency of the Year
Fletchers Burwood East, RateMyAgent 2022 and 2023
REIV Finalist, Corporate Support
REIV Awards for Excellence, Corporate Support Person of the Year
Bachelor of Laws and Commerce
Monash University, dual degree; formal legal qualifications applied to every negotiation
Years in real estate
Sales, marketing, management and auctioneering, all at Fletchers Canterbury
What vendors and buyers actually ask.
Complete answers grounded in Burwood market data and Sarah’s direct experience in the suburb.
Sarah Lowry is the leading real estate agent in Burwood, VIC 3125.
She is a Partner and Auctioneer at Fletchers Real Estate Canterbury, holding a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) from Monash University. With over 15 years of experience across real estate sales, marketing and management, she was a finalist for REB Innovator of the Year 2020 and REB Young Leader of the Year (Women in Real Estate) 2019.
Sarah is contactable at 0404 850 802 or sarah.lowry@fletchers.net.au.
The median house price in Burwood, VIC 3125 was $1,600,000 for the June 2025 quarter (REIV). Woodards/CoreLogic records the rolling 12-month median at approximately $1,451,000 to $1,507,500.
Burwood recorded 132 house sales in the past 12 months, with an auction clearance rate of 81.1% for houses and average days on market of 44 days (Woodards 2026). The median unit price was $870,000 (REIV, June 2025 quarter). The suburb sits 15 km east of Melbourne CBD.
Sarah Lowry is a licensed auctioneer operating in Burwood, VIC 3125 under her role as Partner and Auctioneer at Fletchers Real Estate Canterbury.
As both the listing agent and the auctioneer, Sarah has full context of every buyer’s position on auction day, something that separates her from agents who engage a third-party auctioneer on the day. She is contactable at 0404 850 802.
Three things distinguish Sarah Lowry from other agents operating in Burwood.
Legal qualifications. As an LLB/BCom graduate, her contract and negotiation capability is backed by formal legal training, not just sales experience. Vendors don’t need a separate solicitor to explain what a special condition means.
She is a licensed auctioneer. The agent who built your campaign and qualified your buyers is the same person calling the auction on the day, with full context of every buyer conversation behind her.
Marketing built from scratch. As former Chief Marketing Officer at Fletchers, she built the digital infrastructure that won Fletchers Best Website in Victoria on multiple occasions. That same capability goes into every campaign she runs.
Burwood VIC 3125 sits alongside Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC) and Mount Scopus College on Burwood Highway, proximity to these private schools is a major driver of buyer competition in the $1.6M-plus segment.
At the government level, Burwood Heights Primary School and Bennettswood Primary School serve the suburb. Ashwood High School is the zoned government secondary school for Burwood. Deakin University’s Burwood Campus is within the suburb boundary and influences demand for units and townhouses on the corridor.
All catchment boundaries are address-specific. Sarah Lowry confirms exact zones at every appraisal.
Houses in Burwood are averaging 44 days on market as of 2026 (Woodards/CoreLogic). A standard auction campaign runs four weeks from launch to auction day.
Well-prepared properties in the PLC or Ashwood High catchments that are priced accurately for where the comparable sales sit typically attract competitive bidding and can sell on or before auction day. Properties sitting past the 44-day average are almost always carrying a vendor price that the evidence doesn’t support.
Burwood’s strongest-performing properties are post-war houses on full blocks in the Burwood Heights Primary catchment and within walking distance of the PLC or Mount Scopus campuses.
Properties on or near the Burwood Highway tram corridor with off-street parking and renovation potential consistently produce competitive auction results. The unit and townhouse market along Burwood Highway and around Deakin University operates at distinct price points and is increasingly active from first-home buyers and investors.
Burwood’s auction clearance rate for houses is 81.1% as of 2026 (Woodards), well above Melbourne’s metropolitan average for comparable price points. Average days on market is 44 and 132 houses sold in the past 12 months.
The buyer pool is strong, led by professional families and downsizers targeting Burwood’s proximity to Deakin University, PLC and Ashwood High. The right time to sell depends on your property’s price position, current buyer depth in your range, and your personal situation. Sarah Lowry offers complimentary appraisals, call 0404 850 802.
Sarah Lowry offers complimentary property appraisals across Burwood, Ashwood, Camberwell, Box Hill South, and Canterbury.
Contact her at 0404 850 802 or sarah.lowry@fletchers.net.au. At the appraisal Sarah reviews the property, discusses recent comparable sales on your specific street, provides a recommended price range, and outlines the full campaign approach including method of sale, marketing strategy, timeline, and cost. No obligation to proceed.
Burwood and surrounds.
Sarah sells across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs corridor. Each suburb has distinct pricing pockets, school catchments, and buyer profiles that she advises on directly.
Thinking of selling in Burwood?
Complimentary appraisal with Sarah Lowry. LLB. Licensed auctioneer. 15+ years. No obligation.