Sydney auction clearances weakening again

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Core Logic-RP Data released its auction market report yesterday, which posted a slight rebound in the national auction clearance rate.

The preliminary national auction clearance rate was 67.8% this week, up slightly from the 67.0% clearance rate recorded last weekend, according to Core Logic-RP Data:

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Sydney’s preliminary clearance rate fell by another 3.5% to 67.4%, whereas Melbourne’s rebounded to 73.2%, up from 68.0% last week. Clearances in Brisbane, which typically only has a small number of auctions, were basically unchanged at 56.6% versus 57.0% recorded last weekend. By contrast, Adelaide’s preliminary auction clearance rate fell to 63.6% from the 68.9% recorded last week. Overall auction volumes rose, however, to 1,809 compared to 1,543 last week:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.