Another week above 80%. The Sydney auction clearance rate at the weekend was up again at 81% with 800 properties originally scheduled to go up for auction. There were 562 auctions reported to have taken place with 479 selling under the hammer and 27 properties withdrawn for whatever reason. The Upper North Shore reported a … More Real Estate Market Commentary APRIL 1st
The south-eastern capital cities were the beneficiaries of yet another strong weekend at Auction, the only real extraordinary mention goes to the ACT with a jump in clearance rates. For about 6/8 months I have been watching the Canberra district through to Goulburn and watched prices progress upward, albeit slowly. It has gradually built to … More Real Estate Market Commentary 18TH FEBRUARY
Auction reporting this early in the year serves no purpose to speculation for the remainder of the year but it does give comfort to those of us with a vested interest in the market, even if it’s based on faith. It is interesting to see though, that the auction results for the first decent recordings … More Real Estate Market Commentary FEBRUARY 4
Happy New Year! Although we are already a full calendar month into the New Year, the Real Estate year has only really just begun. And,The Chinese New Year. Last weekend was our first weekend back of reported Auctions and this Saturday will see the return, possibly, of loads of listings hitting the web. However, while … More Sydney Market Commentary FEBRUARY 2nd
It feels strange to finally say this, but one of the banks has banned lending to ‘foreign buyers’. I wonder if this is driven by the noise from buyers being ‘pushed out of the market’ or based on their risk mitigation practices, but AMP has now said ‘NO’. It may be expressed as a sympathy … More Real Estate Market Commentary MAY 28th
Well, it seems to be going on for too long to be a false rally, the Auction Clearance Rates were supposed to – by speculation – peak and trough quite quickly this year. In fact, most rhetoric was surrounding the market ‘crashing’ with people even forming financial opinions against the market, by way of option-trading … More Real Estate Market Commentary MARCH 19
I am loathed to continue commentary about this ‘bubble’ as it suggests that either, I am convinced we are in a bubble or that we need to find labels for things that are cyclical. When the market is doing well, it is a bubble, when it is doing poorly, it is a crisis, what I think we … More Real Estate Market Commentary MARCH 5th
Once again, the Sydney market proves to have out-performed all the ‘professional’ speculation from multiple sources and absurd claims in the style of boom busting bubble pop. There was speculation that the start of the year would be a fizzer and that the bubble was growing too big, does that mean people either, don’t care … More Real Estate Market Commentary FEBRUARY 27
Well, it is interesting reading all the different publications and Auction recording outlets to see what the results were for the weekend just gone. I know that these agencies require agents to report their sales (on the most part) and report them correctly, this can be why there is some variation the data we look … More SYDNEY AUCTION RESULTS FEBRUARY 13
Well, it’s almost predictable, well, nothing is predictable – call me a pessimist. … The Auction Clearance Rate went up at the weekend and the ‘median sale price’ [at Auction] dipped on last years average. I oft commented on the clearance rates’ impact on the median price of property sold at Auction, but I am … More SYDNEY AUCTION RESULTS 6TH FEBRUARY
Thomas Merriman 