National Auction Market Officially Kicks Off
Major capitals slow off the mark in two-speed market.
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The 2022 home auction year has officially commenced.
While the weekend saw mostly positive results for early-season sellers the two-speed national market is intensifying.
Adelaide, Canberra and Brisbane’s markets have carried its momentum from the latter stages of 2021 into the new year with strong clearance rates this weekend reporting 88.4%, 74.0% and 86.1% respectively.
Elsewhere, the major markets of Sydney and Melbourne are stuttering, reporting lower clearance rates when compared to the same weekend last year at 65.8% and 68.5% respectively.
The national auction market reported a clearance rate of 76.6% at the weekend which was similar to the 76.0% reported over the final auction weekend of 2021 but lower than 77.7% recorded over the same weekend last year.
The number of listings that went to auction over the weekend was 836, higher than the 690 auctioned over the same opening weekend last year.
Sydney’s aforementioned clearance rate of 65.8% is well down on the 81.1% recorded over the same opening weekend last year.
Despite surrounding covid concerns and distractions, a season-opening record 318 homes were listed for auction at the weekend — up on the 138 auctioned over the same opening weekend last year.
The NSW capital recorded a median price of $1,380,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was lower than the $1,580,000 reported over the final auction Saturday of 2021 but 10.8% higher than the $1,246,000 recorded over the same weekend last year.
Melbourne’s clearance rate of 68.5% was also down on the 84.0% recorded over the same weekend last year.
A total of 250 homes were reported listed for auction at the weekend – lower than the 308 reported over the same weekend last year.
The Victorian capital recorded a median price of $873,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was lower than the last weekend in December’s $1,000,000 and 4.3% lower than the $912,500 recorded over the same weekend last year.
Data powered by Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market.
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The nearly 10,000-square-foot home stands right at the entrance to the Amazon billionaire’s grand, $165 million estate.
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A home that’s right at the entrance to Jeff Bezos’s Beverly HIlls estate, which the billionaire purchased for $165 million in 2020, is now on the market asking $19.8 million.
Shaded by mature olive trees, the three-story modern mansion on Angelo Drive spans nearly 10,000 square feet, and includes five bedrooms, a bar and lounge, a home cinema, a pool with floating benches, and a 15-car garage.
The modern home centers around a striking wood staircase that extends through all three floors, creating an eye-shaped spiral.
Other design choices include a full-height black marble fireplace, herringbone wood flooring, grayscale marble backsplashes in the kitchen and bathroom, banks of floor-to-ceiling windows and a seating area in the middle of the pool.
There is also an outdoor kitchen and eating area poolside, and a living space with sliding doors that open directly onto the pool deck, for indoor/outdoor living.
The home was built in 2021 and designed by Gabbay Architects for the owner, who purchased the underlying property for $4.1 million in 2015, according to property records accessed through PropertyShark.
The seller, who runs a Beverly Hills-based plastic surgery practice, could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Benedict Canyon house came to market Friday with Tomer Fridman of Christie’s International Real Estate. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Bezos estate is also known as the Warner Estate, named after its first owner, Hollywood mogul Jack Warner of the Warner Bros.
After Warner, the 9-acre estate was owned by music executive and film producer David Geffen, followed by Bezos. The property includes a palatial Gregorian Revival mansion built in 1939 and designed by architect Florence Yoch to befit the status of one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.
At $19.8 million, the new listing offers quite a deal compared to other properties neighbouring Bezos. In Florida, the owner of a vacant lot next door to the Amazon founder’s estate on Indian Creek Island is asking $150 million for it.
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