December 2025
House price growth flatlines as buyers hold back
Less than two thirds of homes listed for auction last week sold – the lowest rate in a year. Adding to the seasonal slowdown are buyers’ fears about interest rates.
Private investors pour into fast-food chains in final rush before 2026
Nearly $50 million in commercial property assets, including fast-food chains, have transacted in a single day.
Auction clearances hit 12-month low as hopes fade for rate relief
Buyers are sitting on the fence as cost-of-living pressures bite, and sticky inflation skittles hopes for a rate cut any time soon.
November 2025
Home buyers flee auction market early despite sellers out in force
Prospective purchasers have lost confidence, as prices rise and a high volume of homes go under the hammer with mediocre results.
Brisbane ‘good value’, as $1.7m from auction goes to animal charity
The spring homes selling season is having a weaker end than expected as buyers confidence drops slightly due to interest rate cuts looking less likely.
Victoria cracks down on underquoting with reserve price law
Too many young, prospective first-home buyers are being lured by sales campaigns to auctions for homes they could never afford, according to the state government.
Spring auction levels swell despite rates pause
The auction clearance rate was nearly 72 per cent, even as listings hit the second-highest volume this year. It’s a sellers’ market even with rates on hold.
Home prices jump 6pc and Melbourne outstrips Sydney
While capital city values are up across the board, Melbourne growth is now outstripping its harbourside rival.
October 2025
The Gold Coast compound so luxurious it’s marketed like a Bond movie
A hinterland estate, which is so high-end even its Young Rich Lister owner gets impostor syndrome, is going under the hammer.
Melbourne records biggest auction weekend in four years
The auction bonanza comes ahead of the Spring Racing Carnival and as the nation’s clearance rate slumped to its lowest in nearly five months.
First home buyer urgency fuels auction action
Buyers are rushing to get in before prices rise, and more sellers are putting their homes up for sale, making for a competitive property market.
First home buyers take advantage of spring auctions
The preliminary clearance rate nationally has lifted to 71.9 per cent despite the disruption of a long weekend in most states.
September 2025
Quadrant sells Grays.com, buyer eyes insolvency option to fix debt load
Slattery Auctions, founded in 2000 and run by Tim Slattery, is buying a far diminished version of the business Quadrant purchased in 2019.
Grand final fever cramps auction numbers
With Victorians enjoying the AFL grand final, national auction volume fell a third last week, but Sydney led the charge with some significant results.
The government has a tough climate policy task
Readers’ letters on the need for social licence for climate policy, energy security, Trump’s paracetamol claims, Albanese in New York and Nvidia’s AI deals.
Home with ‘potential’ sells for $3m but warning signs emerge
Clearance rates have risen to high levels but sellers in the premium market need to lower their expectations, a buyers’ agent says.
Wilkinson and FitzSimons’ Sydney mansion passed in on $24.5m bid
The long-time Sydney home of the high-profile media duo is under negotiation after failing to sell at auction.
Quadrant in final push to divest Grays.com; two buyers on the hook
Grays.com, a shadow of its former self, would make an ideal bolt-on ahead of a trade sale or sharemarket float, sources said.
Tamarama home sells at auction for $12.35m as spring volumes surge
Spring listings are up but the early auction clearance rate is down, dipping below 75 per cent for the first time in a month.
Eager home buyers keep up with spring auction surge
It’s the fourth straight week that the preliminary clearance rate across the nation’s capitals has hit 75 per cent or more, even as auction listings rise.