Auction Market Largely Unaffected By Rate Rise Announcement
The weekend saw a minor dip in the national clearance rate.
The weekend saw a minor dip in the national clearance rate.
The capital city weekend auction market reported more solid early spring results despite yet another rate increase announced last week by the RBA.
The national auction market reported a clearance rate of 63.8% at the weekend which was slightly lower than the 64.7% reported last weekend but still well below the 80.5% recorded over the same weekend last year
National auction numbers were higher at the weekend with 1611 listings compared to last weekend’s 1566 — and again, significantly higher than the same weekend last year’s 1150.
The Sydney weekend auction market recorded another solid spring clearance rate at the weekend of 67.2% — well above the 64.2% recorded the previous weekend but still significantly lower than the 85.2% over the same weekend last year.
Auction numbers were marginally down, compared to the previous weekend with 603 reported listed compared to 653 — yet significantly higher than the 511 auctioned over the same weekend last year.
Sydney recorded a median price of $1,612,500 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was lower than the $1,764,000 recorded last weekend and 5.9% lower than the same weekend last year’s $1,714,000.
Melbourne reported another steady spring auction clearance rate at the weekend, despite a surge in listings.
Melbourne reported a clearance rate of 62.2% on Saturday — lower than the previous weekend’s 64.3% and also lower than the 79.3% recorded over the same weekend last year.
A total of 758 home were reported listed at the weekend — higher than the 683 reported over the previous weekend and higher than the 414 listed over the same weekend last year.
The Victorian capital recorded a median price of $1,040,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was lower than the $1,077,000 reported last weekend and 2.7% lower than the $1,069,000 recorded over the same weekend last year.
Data powered by Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market.
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Capital cities lead the way as median home values see clear upswing
Home values continue their upwards trajectory, recording the strongest monthly growth in 18 months, CoreLogic data shows.
The property data provider reports that their Home Value Index has noted a third consecutive rise in values in May, accelerating 1.2 percent over the past month. This is on the back of a 0.6 percent increase in March and 0.5 percent rise in April.
Sydney recorded the strongest results, up 1.8 percent, the highest recorded in the city since September 2021. The fall in Sydney’s home values bottomed in January but have since accelerated sharply by 4.8 percent, adding $48,390 to the median dwelling value.
Melbourne recorded more modest gains, with home values increasing by 0.9 percent, bringing the total rise this quarter to 1.6 percent. It was the smaller capitals of Brisbane (up 1.4 percent) and Perth (up 1.3 percent) that reported stronger gains.
CoreLogic research director Tim Lawless said the lack of housing stock was an obvious influence on the growing values.
“Advertised listings trended lower through May with roughly 1,800 fewer capital city homes advertised for sale relative to the end of April. Inventory levels are -15.3 percent lower than they were at the same time last year and -24.4 percent below the previous five-year average for this time of year,” he said.
“With such a short supply of available housing stock, buyers are becoming more competitive and there’s an element of FOMO creeping into the market.
“Amid increased competition, auction clearance rates have trended higher, holding at 70 percent or above over the past three weeks. For private treaty sales, homes are selling faster and with less vendor discounting.”
Vendor discounting has been a feature in some parts of the country, particularly prestige regional areas that saw rapid price rises during the pandemic – and subsequent falls as people returned to the workplace in major centres.
The CoreLogic Home Value Index reports while prices appear to have found the floor in regional areas, the pace of recovery has been slower.
“Although regional home values are trending higher, the rate of gain hasn’t kept pace with the capitals. Over the past three months, growth in the combined capitals index was more than triple the pace of growth seen across the combined regionals at 2.8% and 0.8% respectively,” Mr Lawless said.
“Although advertised housing supply remains tight across regional Australia, demand from net overseas migration is less substantial. ABS data points to around 15% of Australia’s net overseas migration being centred in the regions each year. Additionally, a slowdown in internal migration rates across the regions has helped to ease the demand side pressures on housing.”
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