Clearance Rates Are Driven Down By Flood Of Listings
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Clearance Rates Are Driven Down By Flood Of Listings

It’s still a seller’s market.

By Kanebridge News
Mon, Nov 29, 2021 9:06amGrey Clock 2 min

The late season deluge of listings is predictably continuing to push clearance rates down in capitals across the country.

The national clearance rate fell to a three-month low with only Canberra reporting a result above 80% at 87.6% from 112 auctions over the weekend.

The national weekend clearance rate of 76.8% was well below the previous week’s 82.3% and just above the 75.4% recorded over the same weekend last year.

National auction numbers soared again at the weekend rising from the previous Saturday’s 2764 to November record 3165 — and well ahead of the 1740 auctioned over the same weekend last year.

Sydney clearance rates rise despite another record November auction day.

The NSW capital recorded a clearance rate of 77.2% at the weekend which was higher than the previous weekend’s 76.3% but now lower than the 80.8% recorded over the same weekend of 2020.

A record 1234 homes were listed for auction on Saturday — well ahead of the previous weekend’s 1075 and significantly higher than the 781 auctioned over the same weekend last year.

Sydney recorded a median price of $1,702,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was lower than the $1,761,000 reported over the previous Saturday but 21.5% higher than the $1,401,000 recorded over the same weekend last year.

Melbourne’s weekend auction market concluded November with a near record number of listings with 1518 homes listed for auction — well ahead of the 1275 reported the previous weekend and significantly higher than the 736 auctioned over the same weekend last year.

The Victorian capital reported a clearance rate of 69.8% on Saturday which was lower than the previous weekend’s 72.5% and also lower than the 75.6% recorded over the same weekend last year.

Melbourne recorded a median price of $1,119,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was higher than the $1,064,500 recorded over the previous weekend and 12.8% higher than the $992,000 recorded over the same weekend last year.

Data powered by Dr Andrew Wilson, MyHousingMarket.



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It’s unclear what Stone and McCary paid for the Austin property, since Texas is a nondisclosure state . The Georgian-style brick house dates to around 1940, making it one of the oldest estates in the area.

The roughly 10,000-square-foot estate includes a main house with four bedrooms and a two-bedroom guesthouse. The property also has a pool, a hot tub, and a garage with a screening room and entertaining space above.

As part of the renovation, the couple removed, cleaned and reused all the exterior brick. They also reconfigured some of the living spaces, opening the kitchen to the living room for a more modern layout. It took more than a year just to install the millwork in the screening room, said Moreland.

The contractors are now putting the finishing touches on the property, he said.

The “La La Land” actress has a track record of buying and selling her homes for significantly more than she paid. In 2022, she sold her blufftop Malibu, Calif., home for $4.425 million after buying it for $3.25 million in 2018, according to property records.

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