Stats & Data for Real Estate Market

Beware of Quietly Changing Markets

Results for week ending April 17 The combined capital city clearance rate strengthened slightly to 68.6 percent, mostly due to lower supply volume. Only 1,667 homes were brought to auction, down from last week’s final tally of 1,831. The Stats Melbourne, Canberra andRead More...

Jason Staggers

April 19th, 2016

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Homebuyer Emotion Sustaining the Market

Results for week ending April 10. Buyers rose to the challenge this week, even as nationwide sales volume increased to 1,809. The combined capital city clearance rate strengthened, with the early numbers showing that 67.8 percent of auctions found bidders. The Stats MelbourneRead More...

Jason Staggers

April 12th, 2016

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Who’s the April Fool?

Results for week ending April 3. The joke was definitely not on sellers this weekend, as 1,543 capital city auctions were held nationally. Though the clearance rate slipped understandably from the previous low-volume, Easter holiday weekend, the preliminary results show that a healthyRead More...

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April 5th, 2016

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Property Market Tomb Still Empty

Results for week ending March 27. While only 533 vendors were keen enough to bring their homes to auction over the Easter long weekend, there were at least enough eager buyers to keep the clearance rate steady. Preliminary results show the combined capitalRead More...

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March 30th, 2016

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Where There’s Life There’s Hope

Results for week ending March 20 The combined capital cities weighted average clearance rate shot back up above 70 percent this week, despite the near-record number of homes on offer. The Stats Sydney was host to 1,103 auctions, with a preliminary clearance rateRead More...

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March 22nd, 2016

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The Calm Before The Coming Sales Storm

Results for week ending March 13 The Labour Day long weekend in Victoria explains a quiet auction schedule in Melbourne, but elsewhere the auction clearance results were somewhat bullish. But any conclusions that might be drawn are somewhat small-scale as we head intoRead More...

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March 15th, 2016

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Is Momentum About to Shift Again?

Results for week ending March 6 After a month of rising clearance rates, our capital cities just took a dive back below the 70 percent mark, offering up a combined clearance rate of 68.1 percent. Weaker sales volume further highlighted the decline inRead More...

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March 8th, 2016

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The Big Short or a Tall Tale?

Results for week ending February 28. Property investors and holders of bank shares were a little vexed last week after a London-based economist and hedge fund manager compared our property market to the movie The Big Short, predicting Aussie home values will soonRead More...

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March 1st, 2016

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Don’t Call It a Comeback

Results for week ending February 21. It’s been twenty years since LL Cool J made the phrase famous. It’s not hard to imagine Sydney auctioneers sipping on cocktails and gloating Saturday evening: “Don’t call it a comeback. The Sydney property market has alwaysRead More...

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February 23rd, 2016

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Cupid’s Arrow Hits Sydney Buyers

Results for week ending February 14 Sydney’s auction clearance rate surpassed Melbourne for the first time in over four months, as buyers flooded back in to our most expensive market. Supply remains quite low compared to this time last year, but we’ve seenRead More...

Jason Staggers

February 16th, 2016

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