CoreLogic has released its final auction results for last weekend, with the nation’s clearance rate plummeting to just 54.8% – the lowest result since late July 2020 during the depths of the pandemic:
Auction clearances were weak everywhere other than Adelaide.
According to CoreLogic:
Continuing the downward trend seen since midFebruary, last week’s combined capitals clearance rate fell to its lowest level since late July 2020 (54.1%), when Melbourne was experiencing its second COVID wave. With 54.8% of auctions held reporting a successful result, last week’s clearance rate was 3.3 percentage points below the previous week’s rate (58.2%) and well below the rate recorded this time last year (73.6%)…
Down 6.4 percentage points from the previous week (58.8%), last week’s [Melbourne] clearance rate marked the lowest rate since early September 2021 (43.8%), with 52.4% of last week’s auctions returning a successful result. This time last year 68.8% of auctions held were successful…
After recording the lowest clearance rate since April 2020 (50.9%) the week prior (53.3%), Sydney’s clearance rate rose one percentage point last week to 54.3%. This time last year, 74.1% of the 745 auctions held were successful…
With interest rates on the rise and consumer sentiment continuing to fall, it’s likely the clearance rate will continue to reflect the challenging selling conditions.
Auction clearance rates have traditionally been a good leading indicator for house price growth across Sydney and Melbourne.
Thus, the plunge in clearance rates across both markets is pointing to accelerating price falls:
The great house price correction has well and truly begun.
How deep it goes will depend on how aggressively the Reserve Bank hikes interest rates.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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Interesting situation here in Brisbane. Feels like it was only a month ago when it appeared everything on the market was going to Auction. Just had a look on Realestate.com now – and the “For Sale, Sale by Negotiation, Contract Crashed, Submit Offers” are back and better than ever. Buyers seem to have vanished.
I wouldn’t buy now if I could avoid it. The prices are clearly going to go down and no one can tell with any certainty how high interest rates will go.
House opposite us up for auction soon- nice house, nice street.
Mortgagee auction and bank wants three million for it – probably unlikely at best of times.
But virtually no one at open for inspections,
A couple of months ago it was quietish around us, but family homes were selling.
Only anecdotal and I’ll follow up how it goes
You only need 1 idiot to come and pay 3.1 million…
Like a house I was looking at they dropped their price by 80k from 900k
Yet an idiot came and paid 950k
True, but no one is even looking at it. Which is quite a change around here
Lol, fck that guy! Wonder how they feel now?
Suburb?
3185
I’m in the same suburb.
I saw that a while ago.
Nice place to live
Why would anyone go into debt to purchase a property right now?
In NSW, the state government is set to remove stamp duty and replace it with a land tax. The ‘punter’ will wait until it comes into effect. Furthermore, when the ALP will romp back into power on a mandate to repeal the ‘unfair tax on the family home’, they’ll end up pay neither stamp duty or the land tax.
It is cheaper to renovate and a room than buy a bigger house in our area thanks to stamp duty and that is saying something.
I dunno . bcnichs has this going the other way. Taxes going through the roof.
We want nervous sellers too please
Just like in America where the people are showing there Patriority Loyalty.
Hordes Of Americans Are Moving To Mexico To Escape Rapidly Rising Inflation In The US
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hordes-americans-are-moving-mexico-escape-rapidly-rising-inflation-us
So I guess Australia will be experiencing its own kind of Emigration then?
Anyone know where I can buy some cheap drugs? Was just asking for a mate?
And supposedly the pivot is coming soon. I don’t think so.
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https://youtu.be/AlZmdSrrzA0