Final auction clearance rate holds at 70%

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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 4.0% decline in the final national auction clearance rate to 70.1% – well above the same weekend last year (42.0%) and above last week’s 72.0%:

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As you can see, Sydney’s final auction clearance rate was 5.3% lower than the preliminary reported rate, whereas Melbourne’s was 2.7% lower. Both were well above last year’s 42.8% (Sydney) and 41.3% (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.