While Selling Sunset twins Jason and Brett Oppenheim admittedly love Sydney, the Oppenheim Group owners said they wouldn’t open an Australian brokerage due to exorbitant house prices.
Jason and Brett spent the Christmas holidays in the harbour city and managed to fit some market research in between beaches and BBQ’S.
“We toured a couple of listings in the $15 million to $50 million dollar range. They’re expensive for what they are,’ Jason told Daily Telegraph.
He added, “I was at my buddy’s place, which he said was AU$8m, that would’ve been worth 25-35 per cent less if it was in LA.”
“You guys are anywhere between 20-50 per cent more expensive than us, depending on location. Even the condos. The Crown is selling apartments for $5000USD per square foot. We don’t have anything that hits that. Even our most expensive buildings are like US$3500 max.”
However, while Jason and Brett both consider house prices in Australia to be high, they added that the geographical beauty of Sydney plays a part in the expensive prices.
“You have the best views of maybe any city in the world, between all the beaches and the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge and the bays, it’s unbelievable,” Jason said.
And, while the men won’t be opening a brokerage in Australia any time soon, the NSW capital will appear on Selling Sunset.
“You’ll see Sydney in the show a little bit,” Jason said.
Jason and Brett’s holiday to Australia coincidently lined up with their co-star Chrishell Stause’s trip to Aussie shores, and the Selling Sunset stars bumped into each other while out shopping. Jason explained that a Sephora sales person asked if he was with Chrishell, as she had been in the store just minutes earlier.
“So I texted her and she was close by, so we hung out and went shopping. Us all being in Australia at the same time was random.”
