With the final test before the Easter hiatus passed with flying colours it is now very obvious to all and sundry that the market has jumped up a notch. How far? 3%, 5%, 7% or 10% in the past 4 months; the stats will tell us that in a month or two. But anecdotally, it […]
With only one smaller weekend to go for auctions for 2014 we look back on what must be said to be a very productive year for property investors. Those buying their own homes and those buying to become landlords. With clearance rates averaging around low 70% we know when all the stats come in we […]
With the purported failure of 3 of the 5 auctions for the Block – Glasshouse, I wonder how Channel 9 will set reserves for the next block. 27 Darling Street in South Yarra is the location for the next instalment of The Block and production is well and truly underway. Looking at the planning permit […]
Every weekend prospective buyers are walking away from auctions shaking their heads, and sometimes their fists at Real Estate Agents. The same story is heard over and over again. The agent said the “buyer interest” was around $450,000 or “we are telling people who have interest around $500,000 that they should look at this property”. […]
No surprises were seen coming out of the weekends 1100 auctions. Except 1! Whilst the market returned a resounding 68% clearance rate, it was the more affluent suburbs that faltered. Yes, there were some big ticket sales but the clearance rates of the normal auctions within these suburbs was well below the norm. In Brighton, […]
Over the weekend the REIV auction clearance rate was 69%. Out of the 804 results, 107 were sold prior and 450 were sold on the day or passed in and negotiated after the auction. There are only 46 results still outstanding. With over 1200 auctions gazetted for next weekend before the Easter hiatus, the scene […]
With an emphatic statement across the weekend, buyers put their money where their mouths are. From over 900 auctions, there was a clearance rate of 73% with only 35 unreported sales. This is at the very upper level of my expectations and it will bode extremely well for vendors over the next 3 months. Of […]
With another weekend of good clearance rates (64% according to the REIV) and a good number of sales it would be easy to assume the market has turned and we are on the up and up. Clearance rates have been at or above 59% – 60% for the last few weeks and continually show signs […]
There was a 60% clearance rate this weekend from 619 auctions. There were also over 450 private sales. Of the three properties we purchased last week all were either gazetted auctions or deadline sales. All were purchased prior to the gazetted date. Agents are definitely becoming more open to offers prior to auction when the […]
Plenty of auctions over the weekend that surpassed expectations and a few that didn’t. In Ascot Vale a single fronted fully renovated house sold for $1,520,000. Only two bidders vied for the property but ended up well above reserve to purchase under the hammer. The vendors would have to be happy with a result like […]
