Auction clearances stay strong despite high volumes
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CoreLogic’s preliminary report on the weekend’s auctions reported a slightly higher clearance rate on the third biggest auction volumes of the year.
The national preliminary clearance rate rose to 79.0% from 78.6% the prior weekend. This was off a whopping 2,892 auctions, down slightly from the prior weekend’s 3,033 (which was the second biggest weekend of auctions in 2021).
Sydney continued its strong run recording a preliminary clearance rate of 81.6% off 1,149 auctions, down from the prior weekend’s 82.6% preliminary clearance rate off 1,157 auctions.
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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.