Late Spring Surge Sees Major Markets Ease
An increased number of listings is testing buyer depth in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Another surge in Saturday auction numbers has acted to reduce auction clearance rates in Sydney and Melbourne with 2764 auctions scheduled for the weekend compared to 1470 for the same weekend last year.
Strong results from the smaller capitals – such as Brisbane (85.6%), Adelaide (84.7%) and Canberra (92.25%) — assisted a recovery in the national weekend auction clearance rate to 82.3% compared to the previous weekend’s 78.6% and well ahead of the 72.8% recorded over the same weekend last year.
Sydney saw a wave of end-of-year auctions test buyer depth of the local market.
The NSW capital recorded a clearance rate of 76.3% at the weekend – lower than the previous weekend’s 77.8% and similar to the 76.4% recorded over the same weekend last year.
In total, 1075 homes were listed for auction on Saturday – well ahead of the previous weekend’s 988 and significantly higher than the 728 auctioned over the same weekend last year.
Sydney recorded a median price of $1,761,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend — lower than the $1,780,000 reported over the previous Saturday but 32.4% higher than the $1,330,000 recorded over the same weekend last year.
Melbourne’s market also eased over the weekend reporting a clearance rate of 72.5% on Saturday, lower than the previous weekend’s 77.7% and also lower than the 76.7% recorded over the same weekend last year.
The lower clearance rate comes as listings surged with 1275 homes listed for auction at the weekend — well above the 1206 reported over the previous weekend and significantly higher than the 530 auctioned over the same weekend last year.
Melbourne recorded a median price of $1,064,500 for houses sold at auction at the weekend — lower than the $1,080,000 recorded over the previous weekend and 4.0% lower than the $1,108,500 recorded over the same weekend last year.
Data powered by Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market.
Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’
Americans now think they need at least $1.25 million for retirement, a 20% increase from a year ago, according to a survey by Northwestern Mutual
A new digital real estate site promises a full view of the housing sector, even those places not on the market
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Hot on the heels of the launch of View Media Group last year, Australia’s newest proptech digital media company has gone live with its consumer-facing real estate site, view.com.au.
The new site offers a ‘freemium’ model allowing vendors to list their properties for free while having the option of further upgrades for agents looking to enhance their listings.
VGM executive chairman Anthony Catalano said the model was a ‘game changer’ in the digital real estate space.
“While VMG is much more than a portal play, it’s critical that we have a consumer-facing brand that will act as the front door to attract consumers and in turn allow us to offer products and services in a range of verticals across the property ecosystem,” Mr Catalano said. “Our plan is to create a digital real estate superstore under the new View brand that will play in the $300 billion adjacency categories rather than solely focus on the $1
billion of digital property advertising.”
“We’ve listened to the industry and the time is right for an offer to come to market with an alternative model that addresses the real estate industry’s concern at the continually
escalating price of advertising.”
The View portal is available through app stores and will include properties across the country, not just those on the market right now.
“That means view.com.au will showcase more than 11 million properties in Australia compared to some of the portals which feature around 140,000 properties for sale,” Mr Catalano said. “From Day 1 we will provide consumers with a complete view of the market.’’
View has worked with mapping partner Nearmap to create the ability to have a comprehensive overview of all properties.
“We’ve had a look globally at best practice search for property and we’ve consumer tested a range of options and without doubt the preferred experience is map-based search,” View CEO Toby Blazs said. “So unlike others in the market who default consumers to a list view, we’ll default our search results via a map.”
Mr Catalano said the innovative site was designed to be a true disruptor in the proptech sector.
“VMG continues to grow and tick off the key parts of its strategic plan,” he said. “We are well on the way to forming a global-first conglomerate of proptech assets including portals, ad tech, lead generation, lead management solutions, media planning and buying, AI services, data and connections all under the one roof.”
Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’
Americans now think they need at least $1.25 million for retirement, a 20% increase from a year ago, according to a survey by Northwestern Mutual
