This weekend’s auction results – Clearance rates around Australia

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key takeaways

Key takeaways

The early season weekend auction market has continued its resurgence despite the announcement this week by the RBA of yet another increase in official interest rates.

The national auction market reported a clearance rate of 70.8% at the weekend which was higher than the 62.9% reported last weekend but still well below the 81.6% recorded over the same weekend last year..

Adelaide was the strongest performing auction market reporting a 84.9% clearance rate.

Other auction clearance results this weekend were Canberra (64.1%); Melbourne (63%), Sydney (70.2%) and Brisbane (71.8%).

National auction numbers were also higher over the weekend with 1248 listings compared to last weekend’s 954 – but still well below the same weekend last year’s 1977 auctions

The early season weekend auction market has continued its resurgence despite the announcement this week by the RBA of yet another increase in official interest rates.

Most capitals reported higher clearance rates this weekend compared to last, with results also well ahead of those recorded over the final auction weekend of 2022.

Auction clearance results Melbourne Sydney Canberra Brisbane Adelaide

The national auction market reported a clearance rate of 70.8% at the weekend which was higher than the 62.9% reported last weekend but still well below the 81.6% recorded over the same weekend last year.

Auction Clearance Trends

National auction numbers were also higher over the weekend with 1248 listings compared to last weekend’s 954 – but still well below the same weekend last year’s 1977 auctions.

Auction Listing Trends

The early year market continues to provide generally encouraging results despite the impost of higher interest rates, with buyers and sellers now entering housing markets in increasing numbers reflecting rising appetite for property.

Sydney auction clearance results

Another Sturdy Result for Rising Sydney Market

The Sydney weekend auction market has recorded another sturdy result despite the usual early year surge in listings, with clearance rates still tracking at the highest levels since March last year.

Sydney Auction Clearance Trends

Sydney recorded a clearance rate of 70.2% at the weekend which was similar to the 70.7% recorded last weekend but lower than the 79.5% recorded over the same weekend last year.

Saturday auction numbers were predictably higher compared to last weekend, with 541 reported listed versus 358– but remained well below the 784 auctioned over the same weekend last year.

Sydney recorded a median price of $1,600,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was higher than the $1,400,000 recorded last weekend but 12.8% down on the same weekend last year’s $1,835,000.

The Lower North reported the highest regional clearance rate at the weekend with 79.2% followed by the Northern Beaches with 77.4% and the Inner West with 75.9%.

The Central Coast reported the lowest clearance rate at the weekend from just a handful of reported auctions.

The clearance rate for houses was 68.7%, with units higher again this weekend with 74.1%.

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