Plenty of steam left. And look at that median price. Up 8.8% from 2 weeks ago.
Saturday 2nd August 2014
Number Listed Auctions: 434
Number Reported Auctions: 338
Sold: 288
Withdrawn: 20
% Cleared: 80 %
Total Sales: $285,029,999
Median: $931,500
Doing this for my own records.
Saturday 2nd August 2014
Number Listed Auctions: 426
Number Reported Auctions: 310
Sold: 261
Withdrawn: 20
% Cleared: 79 %
Total Sales: $229,126,250
Median: $907,000
Volumes down, clearance rate and median up.
Plenty are the latter, no doubt.
The point here, though, is that this is the same metric so the comparison is consistent, even if the numbers are a bit high.
With rates looking like remaining low for some time (not to mention the super competitive 5 year fixed loans from 3 of the big 4 announced this week) it looks like there's plenty of steam left as we approach spring.
Not expecting an 80%er for a while unless there's a weekend with unusually...
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