Glen Waverley in Melbourne is the busiest individual suburb for auctions across the nation this week, with 24 residential homes set to go under the hammer. Followed by Reservoir (23), St Kilda (21), Richmond (20) and Hawthorn (19), all of which are in Victoria.
Summary of last week’s results:
Capital city auction clearance rates remained strong last week for the first week of Summer, final results show 72.3 per cent of auctions were successful. However, the number of properties taken to auction last week fell across the capital cities with 3,207 auctions held, down from 3,398 the previous week.
Last week saw Melbourne’s final clearance rate increase to 77.3 per cent, from 76.1 per cent the previous week, while for Sydney, final results show that the clearance rate for the city fell from 77.1 per cent the previous week to 75.2 per cent last week. Auction numbers decreased over the week in both Melbourne and Sydney, down to 1,416 and 1,182 from the previous week’s 1,616 and 1,262 respectively.
Across the smaller auction markets, performance was mixed last week, with clearance rates improving in Adelaide and Perth, while Brisbane, Tasmania and Canberra’s clearance rate fell.
The Hunter region was the busiest non-capital city region last week, with 73 auctions; however Geelong recorded the strongest clearance rate at 86.1 per cent.
Cameron Kusher is research analyst for CoreLogic. You can contact him here.
