Final auction clearance rates strengthen

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Last weekend, CoreLogic released its preliminary auction clearance rates, which revealed the following results:

Today, CoreLogic has released its final auction results, which reported a 4.7% decline in the final national auction clearance rate to 72.3% – well above the same weekend last year (55.3%) and also above last week’s 70.0%:

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As you can see, Sydney’s final auction clearance rate was 7.4% lower, whereas Melbourne’s was 2.6% lower. However, both were in the mid-70s and were way above last year’s 50.6% (Sydney) and 6.0% (Melbourne).

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About the author
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.