Volumes And Clearances Lift

25 May Volumes And Clearances Lift

• Auction volumes a third of last year
• Highest clearance in 10 weeks
• Sydney tops the country 7 of the last 8 weeks

The combined capital cities returned a preliminary auction clearance rate above 70% this week, which was the highest preliminary result we’ve seen since early March, right before restrictions to onsite auctions and inspections were announced. The improved clearance rate was across a higher volume of auctions over the week, with 613 scheduled auctions. While volumes were higher week-on-week, they remain significantly lower than what we would usually see, with 2,055 homes taken to auction over the same week last year.

While volumes remain subdued across all capital cities, Sydney has been the busiest auction market over 7 of the last 8 weeks. There were 319 Sydney homes scheduled for auction this week, returning a preliminary clearance rate of 77.9%, improving on the week prior’s 66.9% when volumes were a lower 194.

In Melbourne, 160 auctions were scheduled across the

city this week, returning a preliminary auction clearance rate of 72%, higher than the 57.3% last week when 127 auctions were scheduled.

Across the smaller capital cities, Canberra returned the highest preliminary result with a 73.2% success rate across 61 auctions. While Adelaide and Brisbane returned clearance rates below 50%.

Get a full rundown of results in all the capitals.  Also a look inside some top sales.   Kevin Brogan joins Kevin Turner to present the latest results from Core Logic.