Stats & Data for Real Estate Market

Keep Your Chin Up Sellers

Results for week ending February 7 After a six-week hiatus, the real estate market is finally coming out of its annual holiday slumber. Although auctions numbers are down from this time last year, clearance rates are up, showing that buyers are coming toRead More...

Jason Staggers

February 9th, 2016

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Could You Hear the Whimper?

Results for week ending December 20 After starting the year at a blistering pace, the property auction market crossed the 2015 finish line with a whimper. Sales peaked in April at 82.3 percent. By the final selling Saturday of the year, sellers recordedRead More...

Jason Staggers

January 5th, 2016

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Tis The Season To Avoid Folly

Results for week ending December 13 The combined capital cities auction clearance rate improved slightly this week as determined buyers made their pre-holiday purchases on the final “Super Saturday” of the year. The Stats The preliminary numbers indicate that even the Sydney marketRead More...

Jason Staggers

December 15th, 2015

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Auction Sellers In Submission

Results for week ending December 6 Over the past five weeks of sliding auction clearance rates, sellers have been tapping out in droves. In Sydney alone, more than 500 vendors cancelled their November auctions. This trend is not the sellers’ friend. Buyers continue toRead More...

Jason Staggers

December 8th, 2015

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Chilled Out

Results for week ending November 29 Homebuyers must have been listening to Glenn Steven’s speech last week, because they sure seem to be following his orders to “chill out.” (More on that below.) But there’s no time to waste for sellers. They continuedRead More...

Jason Staggers

December 1st, 2015

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No Love In This Elevator

Results for week ending November 22 With record supply on offer, demand in our two largest cities has tumbled. Melbourne just recorded its lowest clearance rate in over two years, and Sydney has now tallied three consecutive weeks below 60 percent. The StatsRead More...

Jason Staggers

November 24th, 2015

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How Low Can We Go?

Results for week ending November 8. Melbourne and the combined capital city results were stronger this week, but Sydney continued its plunge to hit a new three-year low. With no bottom in sight, it’s anyone’s guess how low auction clearance rates will go.Read More...

Jason Staggers

November 10th, 2015

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Horses For Courses

Results for week ending November 1 As punters place their bets on which four-legged beasts will have the fastest legs in “the race that stops a nation,” investors ought to be more concerned with another contest: the latest auctions clearance rates. Evidence isRead More...

Jason Staggers

November 3rd, 2015

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Bidders with Jitters

Results for week ending October 25 The downward trend in Sydney and Melbourne continues, as lower auction clearance rates are uncovering greater fear and uncertainty in the market. Higher borrowing costs seem to have slammed investor sentiment. Owner-occupiers are still showing up toRead More...

Jason Staggers

October 27th, 2015

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Hey Supply, Wait Up

Results for week ending October 18 Damn you Westpac. Or was it those pesky negative analyst predictions from last week? Maybe it’s simply that some sanity is being restored to our capital city property markets. Whatever the case, if you’ve been holding outRead More...

Jason Staggers

October 20th, 2015

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