The preliminary auction results are out from Domain. Sydney cleared 69.5% with 382 sold, compared with 464 last week and 406 last year. Melbourne sold 72.7% with 506 cleared, compared with 641 last week; so nationally, 70.3% cleared with 963 sold, compared with 66.3% last week when 1,197 sold, or last year when 65.2% cleared with 1,085 sold. So still life in the property market yet, with demand looking strong (at a time when some think first time buyers will wait for the 1 July grants and stamp duty relief).
Elsewhere Adelaide cleared 74% of 72 listed, Canberra cleared 70% of 53 listed and Brisbane cleared just 40% of 88 listed.
