Sydney’s auction clearance rate surges on thin volumes
Core Logic released its auction market report yesterday, which posted another rise in the national auction clearance rate but on thin volumes.
The preliminary national auction clearance rate was 74.9% this week, up from the 73.9% clearance rate recorded last weekend, according to Core Logic:

Sydney’s preliminary clearance rate jumped by 5.1% to 80.4%, whereas Melbourne’s rose by 0.5% to 76.1%. Clearances in Brisbane, which typically only has a small number of auctions, rose by 3.7% to 59.1%, whereas Adelaide’s preliminary auction clearance rate fell by 4.2% to 67.4%, but off even skinnier volumes. Overall auction volumes fell to 1,517 versus 1,585 last week. However, volumes were down massively from the 2,512 recorded at the same weekend last year:

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