Are you considering discounting to make a sale? Spare a thought for the owners of these properties, some of whom have had to cut as much as 41% from their asking price.

The property on the market that has experienced the biggest markdown is in the Queensland suburb of Cedar Creek. The struggling owner of this property has had to knock a massive $491,000 from their initial asking price.

The property was listed for $1,190,000 last August, according to SQM Research, but has since been discounted by 41% as the vendor struggles to make a sale.

Read on for the 20 most discounted properties on the market, as compiled by SQM Research (scroll down to see the list).  

Address

Suburb

First seen

Initial price

Now asking

Disc-ount

 

27 Shaws Pocket Rd

Cedar Creek

15/08/11

$1,190,000

$699,000

41%

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11 Pyrites Road (via Nairne)

Brukunga

23/05/10

$253,000

$155,000

39%

 

502 Tarni Court

Port Adelaide

28/06/10

$725,000

$450,000

38%

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1892 Stapylton Jacobs Well Road

Jacobs Well

12/07/09

$515,000

$320,000

38%

 

202 Wolstenholme Avenue

Greendale

16/01/11

$2,950,000

$1,850,000

37%

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15 Gretel

Two Rocks

26/12/09

$1,100,000

$699,000

36%

 

26a Paling Street

Thornleigh

16/05/09

$1,100,000

$700,000

36%

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1302 Birkdale Pl

Magenta

17/06/08

$700,000

$450,000

36%

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21 Fox Avenue

White Beach

27/09/10

$170,000

$110,000

35%

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99 Lowanna Way

Armadale

1/04/09

$1,850,000

$1,200,000

35%

 

47a Burns Crescent

Chiswick

3/03/12

$3,000,000

$1,950,000

35%

 

320 Redbank Plains Road

Bellbird Park

19/12/11

$1,499,000

$975,000

35%

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27 Light Avenue

Munno Para West

27/02/10

$482,687

$319,000

34%

 

319 West Coast Drive

Trigg

28/05/11

$4,500,000

$2,990,000

34%

 

618/ 85 -89 The Entrance Road

The Entrance

13/11/10

$299,000

$199,000

33%

 

12 Underwood Street

Wakerley

3/03/12

$675,000

$450,000

33%

 

890 Chinner Rd

Lake Bennett

29/10/11

$579,000

$390,000

33%

 

13/30 Gayundah Esplanade

Woody Point

24/10/10

$590,000

$399,000

32%

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22 Beach St

White Beach

1/07/08

$250,000

$170,000

32%

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309 Scarborough Bch Rd

Woodlands

7/02/10

$1,100,000

$750,000

32%

 

Source: SQM Research

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