National Auction Market Stutters
Fewer listings and market distractions keep results stagnant.
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The national auction market reported a clearance rate of 73.8% at the weekend – similar to the previous weekend’s 73.8% but well below the 85.3% recorded over the same weekend last year.
National auction numbers were lower at the weekend — with wild weather and Labour Day holidays driving the dip in numbers. The market saw 1585 homes listed for auction nationally compared to the 2377 of the previous weekend and well below the 1903 reported for the same Saturday last year.
Despite the meek showing, auction markets are set to return at full pace next weekend as regions recover from flooding and are free from holiday distractions.
The Sydney auction market recorded a clearance rate of 69.8% at the weekend – well below the 76.6% of the previous weekend and a stark comparison to the 90.6% recorded over the same weekend last year.
The NSW capital recorded 884 listings — which is up on the previous weekend’s 841 and well ahead of the 716 auctioned over the same weekend last year.
Sydney recorded a median price of $1,605,500 for houses sold at auction at the weekend – lower than the $1,915,000 reported over the previous weekend and 3.6% higher than the $1,550,000 recorded over the same weekend last year.
Melbourne’s market posted a clearance rate of 70.3% on Saturday – lower than last weekend’s 73.8% and remained well below the 81.5% recorded over the same weekend last year – a non-holiday weekend.
The Victorian capital reported 423 homes listed for auction, which is well down on the previous weekend’s 120 and significantly lower to last year’s non-holiday 9878 auctioned over the same weekend last year.
Melbourne recorded a median price of $1,008,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend — lower than last weekend’s 1,170,000 but 2.9% higher than the $980,000 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
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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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