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Weekend Auction Markets Experience Listing Surge

The national clearance rate fell to its lowest figure since August.

By Kanebridge News
Mon, Nov 15, 2021 10:18amGrey Clock 2 min

The high and rising volumes of late spring listings have forced the national clearance rate to 78.6% — the lowest result since August – and well below the previous weekend’s 83.8%.

National auction numbers were up to 2572 from the previous weekend’s 2463 and well ahead of the 1413 auctioned over the same weekend last year.

Auction listings have now increased nationally over the past seven weekends as the usually busy spring selling season has been amplified by the loosening of covid restrictions in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

Sydney saw the market steady with a clearance rate of 77.8% at the weekend. The result was similar to the previous weekend’s 76.1% but again lower than the 78.4% recorded over the same weekend last year.

A total of 988 homes were listed for auction on Saturday – similar to the previous weekend’s 994 but again well ahead of the 760 auctioned over the same weekend last year.

Sydney recorded a median price of $1,780,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend compared to the $1,777,500 reported over the previous Saturday but 22.8% higher than the $1,450,000 recorded over the same weekend last year.

Melbourne fared similarly to Sydney with a clearance rate of 77.7% — up on the previous weekend’s 76.5% and also higher than the 73.8% recorded over the same weekend last year.

The higher clearance rate was reported despite a surge in listings with 1206 homes listed for auction at the weekend – well above the 1095 reported over the previous weekend and significantly higher than the 494 auctioned over the same weekend last year.

Melbourne recorded a median price of $1,080,000 for houses sold at auction at the weekend which was higher than the $1,065,000 recorded over the previous weekend and 13.7% higher than the $950,025 recorded over the same weekend last year.

Data powered by Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market.



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Ray White’s chief economist outlines her predictions for housing market trends in 2024

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Tue, Nov 28, 2023 2 min

Ray White’s chief economist, Nerida Conisbee says property price growth will continue next year and mortgage holders will need to “survive until 2025” amid expectations of higher interest rates for longer.

Ms Conisbee said strong population growth and a housing supply shortage combatted the impact of rising interest rates in 2023, leading to unusually strong price growth during a rate hiking cycle. The latest CoreLogic data shows home values have increased by more than 10 percent in the year to date in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. Among the regional markets, price growth has been strongest in regional South Australia with 8.6 percent growth and regional Queensland at 6.9 percent growth.

“As interest rates head close to peak, it is expected that price growth will continue. At this point, housing supply remains extremely low and many people that would be new home buyers are being pushed into the established market,” Ms Conisbee said. “Big jumps in rents are pushing more first home buyers into the market and population growth is continuing to be strong.”

Ms Conisbee said interest rates will be higher for longer due to sticky inflation. “… we are unlikely to see a rate cut until late 2024 or early 2025. This means mortgage holders need to survive until 2025, paying far more on their home loans than they did two years ago.”

Buyers in coastal areas currently have a window of opportunity to take advantage of softer prices, Ms Conisbee said. “Look out for beach house bargains over summer but you need to move quick. In many beachside holiday destinations, we saw a sharp rise in properties for sale and a corresponding fall in prices. This was driven by many pandemic driven holiday home purchases coming back on to the market.”

3 key housing market trends for 2024

Here are three of Ms Conisbee’s predictions for the key housing market trends of 2024.

Luxury apartment market to soar

Ms Conisbee said the types of apartments being built have changed dramatically amid more people choosing to live in apartments longer-term and Australia’s ageing population downsizing. “Demand is increasing for much larger, higher quality, more expensive developments. This has resulted in the most expensive apartments in Australia seeing price increases more than double those of an average priced apartment. This year, fewer apartments being built, growing population and a desire to live in some of Australia’s most sought-after inner urban areas will lead to a boom in luxury apartment demand.”

Homes to become even greener

The rising costs of energy and the health impacts of heat are two new factors driving interest in green homes, Ms Conisbee said. “Having a greener home utilising solar and batteries makes it cheaper to run air conditioning, heaters and pool pumps. We are heading into a particularly hot summer and having homes that are difficult to cool down makes them far more dangerous for the elderly and very young.”

More people living alone

For some time now, long-term social changes such as delayed marriage and an ageing population have led to more people living alone. However, Ms Conisbee points out that the pandemic also showed that many people prefer to live alone for lifestyle reasons. “Shorter term, the pandemic has shown that given the chance, many people prefer to live alone with a record increase in single-person households during the time. This trend may influence housing preferences, with a potential rise in demand for smaller dwellings and properties catering to individuals rather than traditional family units.”

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