Auctions trail last year every week since March

Combined capital city auction clearance rate, weekly final (%), 2026 against the same week of 2025. Data as at week ending 8 November 2026.

Quick answer

2026 started ahead of 2025, but every weekly final since March has been lower than the same week a year earlier. The gap peaked at 25.1 points in the week to 1 November (40.7% against 65.8%), and the latest final, 45.2%, is 20.7 points below a year ago.

Auctions trail last year every week since March: Combined capital city auction clearance rate, weekly final (%), 2026 against the same week of 2025
The data (31 weeks)
Week ending20262025
8 Nov 202645.2%65.9%
1 Nov 202640.7%65.8%
25 Oct 202643.6%66.7%
18 Oct 202647.6%67.3%
11 Oct 202644.1%68.2%
4 Oct 202645.4%67.4%
27 Sept 202646.0%68.7%
20 Sept 202649.1%71.6%
13 Sept 202652.6%69.0%
6 Sept 202649.3%70.0%
30 Aug 202649.5%69.3%
23 Aug 202648.2%70.0%
16 Aug 202648.9%69.8%
9 Aug 202651.4%68.7%
2 Aug 202648.9%67.1%
26 July 202649.7%68.5%
19 July 202645.3%69.4%
12 July 202648.5%68.0%
5 July 202646.0%67.9%
28 June 202645.0%67.9%
21 June 202642.3%65.3%
14 June 202648.3%65.2%
7 June 202647.3%60.7%
31 May 202649.0%66.2%
3 May 202655.3%63.1%
26 Apr 202654.9%60.8%
12 Apr 202652.7%59.9%
29 Mar 202652.7%59.4%
8 Mar 202657.9%62.3%
8 Feb 202666.1%64.2%
1 Feb 202666.4%59.4%

Combined capitals, weekly finals; each 2026 week is matched with the week 52 weeks earlier. Lines bridge weeks with no published final. Source: Cotality weekly final clearance rates. Data as at week ending 8 November 2026.

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