Auction clearances weaken as bans lifted

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CoreLogic’s preliminary auction report posted solid fall in the preliminary clearance rate (from 70.9% to 65.9%) off volumes that are still around half of last year’s level:

Once final results are received later this week, we are likely to see clearance rates fall to around 60%.

Domain’s preliminary auction results were a bit softer; albeit based on a smaller sample size:

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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.