Auction activity is set to buck the seasonal trends with 15% rise across the combined capitals

By Duane Kaak, Research Analyst, CoreLogic Australia Capital city auction activity is set to buck the seasonal trend and rise 15.1% this week, with 1,948 homes expected to go under the hammer across the combined capitals. The previous week saw 1,692 homes auctioned, while this week last year, 1,672 homes went under the hammer across the combined capitals. Melbourne is set to host the busiest auction … Continue reading Auction activity is set to buck the seasonal trends with 15% rise across the combined capitals

Combined capitals preliminary clearance rate holds well above 70% for second consecutive week

By Duane Kaak, Research Analyst, CoreLogic Auction activity decreased -3.0% this week, with 1,673 auctions held across the combined capitals. The previous week saw 1,724 homes auctioned, while this time last year, 2,879 capital city auctions were held. The combined capitals recorded a second week where the preliminary clearance rate held well above 70%, with 74.4% of the 1,349 results collected so far reporting a … Continue reading Combined capitals preliminary clearance rate holds well above 70% for second consecutive week

Auction market defies seasonal slowdown

Capital city auction activity is set to rise 1.6% this week, with 1,751 homes expected to go under the hammer across the combined capitals. The previous week saw 1,724 homes auctioned, while this week last year, 2,879 homes went under the hammer across the combined capitals. Melbourne is the busiest capital auction market this week, with 728 homes scheduled for auction across the city. This week’s … Continue reading Auction market defies seasonal slowdown

Combined capitals record the highest preliminary clearance rate in more than a year (75.1%)

By Duane Kaak, Research Analyst, CoreLogic Auction activity remained relatively steady this week, with 1,750 auctions held across the combined capitals. The previous week saw 1,739 homes auctioned, while this time last year, 2,059 capital city auctions were held. Despite an unexpected cash rate rise from the RBA in May, the combined capitals recorded the highest preliminary clearance rate since mid-February 2022 (75.7%), with 75.1% … Continue reading Combined capitals record the highest preliminary clearance rate in more than a year (75.1%)

Auction market resilience to be tested in wake of May rate hike

By Duane Kaak, Data Acquisition and Research, CoreLogic Australia Capital city auction activity is set to rise this week, with 1,817 homes scheduled to go under the hammer, up 4.5% from the 1,739 auctions held last week. This week last year, 2,059 homes were auctioned across the combined capitals. Melbourne is the busiest auction market this week, with 753 homes scheduled for auction. This week’s expected … Continue reading Auction market resilience to be tested in wake of May rate hike

Further evidence Australia’s housing downturn is over

After falling -9.1% between May 2022 and February 2023, Australian housing values look to have bottomed out, posting a second consecutive monthly rise.  CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index (HVI) increased by half a percent in April, following a 0.6% lift in March to be 1.0% higher over the past three months. Sydney increased 1.3% in April and is leading the positive turn in housing conditions, … Continue reading Further evidence Australia’s housing downturn is over

Auction activity set to rebound

By Duane Kaak, Data Acquisition and Research, CoreLogic Australia Auction activity is set to rebound this week after the last week’s ‘unofficial long weekend’ saw volumes decrease. Across the combined capitals, 1,793 homes are set to go under the hammer this week, up 24.5% from the 1,440 auctions held last week. This week last year, just prior to the RBA’s first cash rate rise (3 … Continue reading Auction activity set to rebound

Preliminary auction clearance rate just short of 70%

By Duane Kaak, Data Acquisition & Research, CoreLogic Auction activity across the combined capital cities more than doubled this week to 1,704 after the Easter holiday long weekend (652). Of the 1,333 results collected so far, 69.8% were successful, up two percentage points from last week’s preliminary clearance rate of 67.8%, which revised down to 61.5% at final figures. In the four weeks prior to … Continue reading Preliminary auction clearance rate just short of 70%

Just 660 capital city homes were taken to auction over Easter

By Caitlin Fono, Research Analyst, CoreLogic After recording the busiest auction week of the year to date last week, auction activity cooled over the Easter long weekend. There were 660 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities, down from 2,687 over the previous week and 4,035 this time last year. Of the 489 results collected so far, 67.8% were successful, down -2.9 percentage … Continue reading Just 660 capital city homes were taken to auction over Easter

Preliminary clearance rate and auction volumes dip amid a long weekend across half the capital cities

By Caitlin Fono, Research Analyst, CoreLogic With public holidays in four of the eight states and territories, auction volumes dropped substantially week-on-week. There were 1,282 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities this week, down -37.6% from the 2,054 auctions held both last weeks and this time last year. Of the 1,091 results collected so far, 65.0% were successful, the lowest preliminary clearance … Continue reading Preliminary clearance rate and auction volumes dip amid a long weekend across half the capital cities