Housing Slow Down - Australia

National Auction Market Preview - 14 December 2017

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Upcoming auctions

CoreLogic is currently tracking 2,666 scheduled auctions across the combined capital cities over the last week for auction reporting for 2017.  This is lower than last week’s final results which saw 3,371 auctions held and also lower than the 2,735 held over the corresponding week last year.

Week-on-week activity across Melbourne and Sydney is set to fall as the end of year fast approaches, with 1,514 Melbourne homes scheduled to go to auction this week, down from the 1,833 auctions held last week. Last week was the second busiest week for auctions this year across the city.

In Sydney, there are 664 scheduled auctions this week, decreasing from the 1,007 auctions held last week.

Volumes are also expected to fall across the smaller capital cities this week, with the exception of Canberra where the number of scheduled auctions is slightly higher.

All of the busiest suburbs for auctions this week are in Victoria, topping the list with 32 residential homes set to go under the hammer is Reservoir. Followed by Craigieburn (27), Epping (23), and Frankston (23).

Summary of Last Week’s results

The combined capital city final auction clearance rate dropped below 60 per cent for the first time since late 2015/ early 2016 last week, returning a 59.5 per cent rate of clearance across a higher volume of auctions week-on-week.  There were a total of 3,371 auctions held across the cities, increasing on the 3,291 auctions over the week prior when 60.3 per cent cleared. One year ago, a significantly higher 71.6 per cent clearance rate was recorded across a higher volume of auctions (3,432).

(Source: CoreLogic)