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Overall sales rate of 38% at the latest residential property auctions

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Overall sales rate of 38% at the latest residential property auctions
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Residential auction activity perked up a bit over the last week, with interest.co.nz monitoring the auctions of 251 properties over the week of 8-14 August.

That was up from 197 the previous week which was a three year low.

The number of properties being auctioned each week has been alternating from just under 200 to about 250, so overall activity appears to be bouncing along on its winter lows.

Of the 251 properties on offer at the latest auctions, 96 were sold under the hammer, giving an overall sales rate of 38%. That's the first time it has been under 40% in the last four weeks.

Those figures paint a picture of a market with little momentum behind it, something that is unlikely to change over the last couple of weeks of winter.

Details of all of the individual properties offered at all of the auctions monitored by interest.co.nz, including the selling prices of those that sold, are available on our Residential Auction Results page.

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Its inevitable that Spring listings will appear, will spring buyers appear?

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Only if lower prices appear in those Spring listings...

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Maybe the second coming of the Lord will occur before that.

Many appear religiously wedded to past price highs.

The guy next to me purchased a bare 1H for about 1.6mil at peak and built an 800k house on it.  Sadly he designed the house himself, he has no kids and lacks design skills, so its not an appealing family home in the 2.4mil price range.  He has tried selling it but indications are 1.8-1.9 ish so he has declared he will not give it away, lacking the reasoning that's all its is worth.    He had a heart attack and surgery before putting it on market (main reason), yet refuses to move on.  

I saw another widow hang out for 2.4 only to sell at 1.85 after two years.  Way more land but house needed major upgrade to make it family friendly.

 

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Maybe that's what sellers are waiting for?

The sellers across the road have just added an asking price to their year long listing.  1% below the 2024 CV.

Speaking with them, they had an open home last weekend and nothing but crickets.  There were no window shoppers at that price tag.

Bring on the Messiah

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Not good Crickets are not common buyers

 

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Perhaps sellers think higher interest rates equals higher price. It like their greed blinds them to the reality of affordability math, or they are just stupid. Anyway, based on bond rates, higher priced debt is firmly on the future radar. Add to that ever greater unsold listings and you have what speculative over reach looks like.

Aka down down down in ponzi town.

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