This week, 1,662 capital city auctions were held and preliminary results show that 1,365 auctions have been reported so far, with a preliminary clearance rate of 74.6 percent, rising from a final clearance rate of 74.0 percent last week across 2,350 auctions.
National auction clearance results for the week ending 07/05/2017 courtesy of CoreLogic
While clearance rates remain above the long-term average across the largest capital cities, the rolling four-week average reveals a softening trend which can be attributed to Sydney’s final clearance rate drifting lower over the past two months while the trend in Melbourne is holding firmer in the high 70% range. Preliminary results show that while Melbourne and Sydney maintain their place as the strongest auction markets, Adelaide and Brisbane have shown a rebound in the downwards clearance rate trend this week. This week’s combined capital city preliminary clearance rate is stronger than one year ago, when 67.7 percent of capital city properties cleared, however auction volumes are lower than this time last year when 2,230 homes were taken to auction across the combined capitals.
Across Melbourne, 782 homes were taken to auction and preliminary results show a clearance rate of 78.4 percent, up slightly from last week’s final clearance rate of 78.1 percent across 1,226 auctions. At the same time last year, Melbourne’s clearance rate was 73.2 percent, with 1,150 auctions held across the city. Looking at Melbourne’s sub-regions, the West region was the busiest for auctions across Melbourne with 130 homes going under the hammer, followed by Melbourne’s Inner region (116) and the North East (101). The North East region was also the best performer in terms of clearance rates, with an 89.4 percent success rate.
Sydney was host to 585 auctions this week, down from 811 last week and 676 at the same time last year. A preliminary clearance rate of 77.8 percent was recorded this week, representing an increase from last week’s 74.3 percent and higher than one year ago (71.8 percent). The performance across Sydney’s individual sub-regions was varied over the week. Across Blacktown, where 11 results have been reported so far, the preliminary clearance rate was 36.4 percent, while across the Central Coast (89.5 percent) and City and Inner South (88.5 percent), the success rate of reported auctions were much higher.
There were 105 auctions held across Brisbane this week, down from 124 last week, and significantly lower than one year ago (195). Preliminary results for the city show that 60.8 percent of auctions were successful this week, up from 52.9 percent last week, while one year ago 41.2 percent of auctions were sold. Further south, across the Gold Coast, 70 auctions were held over the week and 43 have been reported so far with a 41.9 percent clearance rate, increasing from 40.9 percent last week.
A total of 95 auctions were held in Adelaide this week, up from 83 last week, and similar to last year (94). Preliminary results for the week show 66.7 percent sold, up from 63.5 percent last week.
Across Perth, preliminary results show just 14.3 percent of the 7 reported auctions were successful, while one week ago 34.8 percent of Perth auctions were successful and one year ago 23.5 percent were sold.
There were 56 auctions held in Canberra this week and the preliminary clearance rate was 65.3 percent, down from 68.3 percent last week and higher than one year ago (54.3 percent).
A total of 6 auctions were held in Tasmania this week and so far 3 successful results have been reported.
Preliminary clearance rates in each state courtesy of CoreLogic (as at 10am EDST 07/05/2017):
- Sydney – 77.8% clearance, 585 total auctions, 477 results reported, 371 cleared, 106 uncleared
- Melbourne – 78.4% clearance, 782 total auctions, 690 results reported, 541 cleared, 149 uncleared
- Brisbane – 60.8% clearance, 105 total auctions, 74 results reported, 45 cleared, 29 uncleared
- Adelaide – 66.7% clearance, 95 total auctions, 63 results reported, 42 cleared, 21 uncleared
- Perth – 14.3% clearance, 33 total auctions, 7 results reported, 1 cleared, 6 uncleared
- Tasmania – 60% clearance, 6 total auctions, 5 results reported, 3 cleared, 2 uncleared
- Canberra – 65.3% clearance, 56 total auctions, 49 results reported, 32 cleared, 17 uncleared
Combined national preliminary result – 75.8% clearance, 1662 total auctions (1365 reported, 1035 cleared.)
Last week’s preliminary results as reported are here
The above results are preliminary, with ‘final’ auction clearance rates published each Thursday. CoreLogic, on average, collects between 85% and 90% of auction results each week. Clearance rates are calculated across properties that have been taken to auction over the past week.
