Belle Property Lake Macquarie's Mick Phillips will donate the commission from the sale of 44 Crescent Road to the school.

The four-bedroom brick house is positioned on a 744 square metre block with a bush backdrop. It has attracted 73 groups throughout its campaign and is set to go under the hammer at midday with a guide of $700,000.

"This property is in the catchment zone for Charlestown South Public School, so I'm going to be donating the commission to the school for use for some new facilities," Mr Phillips said.

Mr Phillips lives and works in the area and has a child who attends the school.

"I was on the lookout for the right property in the right catchment for the school and the right owner to work with," Mr Phillips said.

"This property came along and it's going really well. It looks like we're going to have a pretty competitive bidding auction.

"There have been lots of couples and young families looking as schools zones become a pretty big deal when kids come along. We've been really happy with the school so it's been good to be able to give something back."

Charlestown is increasingly proving attractive to buyers. According to figures released by CoreLogic during the week, the dwelling value of houses in Charlestown has risen by 9.2 per cent in the past three months to April and 21.7 per cent in the past 12 months to a median value of $705,098.

Belle Property will also take an updated four-bedroom house with a separate studio attached to an outdoor entertaining area at 18 Stapletown Street in Wallsend to auction at 10.30am on Saturday with a guide of $660,000. It has been inspected by 81 groups ahead of the auction.

Robinson Property's Mike Flook has a four-bedroom, two-storey house at 35A Helen Street in Merewether set to go under the hammer on Saturday at 9am with a guide of $2.35 million.

At 9.45am, a circa 1916 weatherboard home at 3 Veda Street in Hamilton that has been in the same family for 92 years and featured on an episode of Backyard Blitz in 2002 will auction.

It has been marketed by Street Property's Damon Sellis. A guide has not been disclosed but the Newcastle Herald understands expectations are over $1 million.

On May 1, there were 14 registered bidders for a Kotara house which attracted plenty of interest throughout its campaign and reportedly sold for $200,000 above its reserve.

Patrick Collins, of Movable, marketed the four-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 119 Rae Crescent. It was positioned on a block 879 square metres in size. He said over 300 parties had viewed the home in its four-week auction campaign.

Around 70 onlookers watched the auction action unfold with the home "strongly contested by two buyers driving the opening bid of $1 million to the final selling price at a spirited pace".

The home was secured under the hammer for $1.35 million, which is a street record for Rae Crescent and one of the highest sales for a home in Kotara.

A Stockton property that had been a corner shop, a newsagents, milk bar and a four-bedroom family home at 12 Mitchell Street was sold under the hammer for $1.11 million on the same day. It was marketed by Mr Sellis with a guide of $975,000 to $1.05 million.

A three-bedroom cottage at 167 Kings Road, New Lambton sold under the hammer for $725,000. It was marketed by Belle Property with a guide of $625,000 and was secured by a first home buyer.

There were seven registered bidders for a three-bedroom brick home at 41 Algona Road in Charlestown marketed by My Phillips with a guide of $620,000. It sold for $785,000 with the buyer reportedly a Sydneysider planning to relocate.

In Carrington, a two-bedroom cottage at 7 Hargrave Street that was marketed by Belle Property Newcastle's Joshua Lloyd with a guide of $725,000 sold for $875,000.

A converted church hall at 42 Wollombi Road, Millfield marketed by Belle Property Cessnock with a guide of $750,000 attracted five registered bidders and sold for $830,000.