NRL cross code star, Roosters centre Mark Nawaqanitawase’s vacant home for sale
Sydney Roosters star Mark Nawaqanitawase is eyeing off a $500,000 collect before the NRL season kicks off.
Star signing Mark Nawaqanitawase is selling his vacated low-rise North Parramatta apartment, with the intention of moving into Sydney Roosters heartland.
Nawaqanitawase, the 24-year old code-swapping winger who debuted in the NRL last September, wants to be closer to his teammates in Sydney’s east.
He’s selling his two-bedroom, two-bathroom Pennant Hills Rd apartment that was bought in 2021 when he was with the Waratahs.
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The spacious modern apartment opposite Belmore Park comes with a $520,000 price guide through Tanya Hatton, of Bentley Estate Agents.
It has 84sq m internal space plus 17sq m parking and 8sq m storage.
The 2006-built apartment has a likely current rental income prospect of between $580 to $600, reflecting about a 6 per cent yield.
His switch to rugby league hasn’t seen him shift too far from a playing perspective, remaining at Allianz Stadium but just pulling on the tricolours instead of the blue jersey.
He spent the first year of ownership commuting to the east, but secured a tenant for the apartment in 2022 when asking for $480 a week.
There have been 20 two-bedroom apartment listings in the last month.
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The two-bedroom median apartment price in North Parramatta sits at $572,500, which is up 4.1 per cent over the past 12 months based on 104 sales, according to PropTrack.
Listings typically spend a median 19 days on market.
Nawaqanitawase, of mixed Fijian and Italian heritage, was raised in Burwood, playing his junior footy at Concord-Burwood Wolves and Leichhardt Wanderers.
He swapped to rugby union at 14.
The speedster started playing for the Waratahs in 2020 and made his Wallabies debut against Italy in the 2022 spring tour.
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He arrived at the Roosters earlier than envisaged after his union commitments concluded, making his debut last September in a 36-28 win over the Rabbitohs, scoring a try with his first touch.
Joseph Sua’ali’i, who went the other way and left the Roosters to join the Waratahs, owns property in Double Bay.
Most of the Roosters camp, including Angus Crichton, Victor Radley and Lindsay Collins, own in the east.
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Originally published as NRL cross code star, Roosters centre Mark Nawaqanitawase’s vacant home for sale
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