Auction clearances sink under listings flood

Monday, 6 December 2021

This weekend marked the second biggest weekend of auctions since CoreLogic began tracking the market in 2008, with a whopping 4136 homes going under the hammer.

Australia’s preliminary auction clearance rate fell further to 69.9% from 71.4% last weekend – a figure that will likely fall into the mid 60s once all results are counted:

According to CoreLogic:

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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.