Can a One-Bedder Outperform a Two-Bedder? We Analysed 5 Years of Data

It’s a common saying that if you’re going to buy a smaller unit, you should buy a two-bedder (ideally two-bed, two-bath units). The theory is that two-bedders are more versatile, and hence see wider demand and stronger returns. Ask most people and they’ll tell you it’s “common wisdom.” But after doing some deep dives to try and prove or disprove this, we’ve come across something interesting: a series of projects where the one-bedders managed to outdo the two-bedders, over five years. Here they are:

Projects where one-bedders outperformed the two-bedders

For this analysis, we looked at resale transactions from 2020 to 2024. This is to ensure recency in the transactions.

To calculate annualised growth, we focused only on projects that had one- and two-bedroom transactions, recorded in both 2020 and 2024.

We then narrowed the scope to projects with at least 10 transactions for each unit type, over the past five years.