National Market

Auction markets have remained resilient, with both volumes and the preliminary clearance rate rising week-on-week. The strong auction results add some complexity to speculation that the housing [...]

Upcoming auctions This week, auction volumes are expected to rise with 2,196 properties scheduled to go to auction across the combined capital cities, increasing from last week’s 1,689. Melbourne [...]

Summary and headline response With so much debate about housing affordability it was always going to be the case that the 2017 budget included key policies aimed at improving the affordability of [...]

Monthly building approvals shows that the recent contraction in approvals has continued.  In fact, the number of dwellings approved for construction in March 2017 was -23.7% lower than its [...]

This week, 1,662 capital city auctions were held and preliminary results show that 1,365 auctions have been reported so far, with a preliminary clearance rate of 74.6 per cent, rising from a [...]

Upcoming auctions Auction activity across the combined capital cities is expected to decrease this week, with 1,527 properties scheduled to go to auction, down from last week’s 2,350 and also [...]

The combined capital city preliminary clearance rate rose to 76.9 per cent this week, increasing from last week, when final results saw the clearance rate fall to 69.8 per cent after 10 [...]

Upcoming auctions The number of auctions scheduled to take place across the combined capital cities this week is expected to increase, with 2,166 currently being tracked by CoreLogic. In both [...]

Auction activity increased significantly across the combined capital cities this week after last week’s Easter period slowdown, with 1,732 homes taken to market and a preliminary clearance rate [...]

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) released their taxation statistics for the 2014-15 financial year last week, and from a housing market perspective it provides some really valuable data on [...]