Barfoot & Thompson's sales rate 32% at latest auctions

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The sales rates ranged from 28% to 34% at Barfoot & Thompson's most recent main auctions

4th Apr 18, 5:02am by Greg Ninness

Barfoot & Thompson sold just under a third of the properties the real estate agency marketed for sale by auction last week.

The agency had 193 properties scheduled for sale by auction last week and achieved sales on 61 of them, giving an overall sales rate of 32%.

The remaining 132 properties were mostly passed in, with a few that were either withdrawn from sale or had their auction dates postponed.

At the major auctions where 20 or more properties were scheduled for sale, the sales rates ranged from 28% at the Manukau auction on 27 March to 34% at the North Shore auctions on March 29 (see the table below for sales rates at all of the auctions).

Details of individual properties auctioned and the selling prices of most of those that sold are available on our Residential Auction Results page.

**Barfoot & Thompson Auction Results 26 March - 1 April 2018**
Date	Venue	Sold	Not sold	Total	% Sold
26 March - 1 April	On site	4	1	5	80%
27 March	Manukau	7	18	25	28%
27 March	Shortland St, CBD.	9	18	27	33%
28 March	Shortland St: Mortgagee/Court	2	4	6	33%
28 March	Shortland St, CBD.	13	35	48	27%
28 March	Pukekohe	6	14	20	30%
29 March	Shortland St, CBD.	1	1	2	50%
29 March	North Shore	15	29	44	34%
29 March	Kerikeri	1	0	1	100%
29 March	Shortland St, CBD.	3	12	15	20%
Total	All venues	61	132	193	32%

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25 Comments

by Frostwind | 4th Apr 18, 6:16am 1522779375

Hi Greg,

Is it possible to provide previous week's data for comparison in your future articles?

by Greg Ninness | 4th Apr 18, 9:00am 1522789232

If you click on the Property tab in the ribbon near the top of the page it will bring up all of the property stories including the previous auction results. You simply need to scroll down until you find the one you want.

by Houseworks | 4th Apr 18, 9:01am 1522789319

Thanks for the information Greg. My question is, whether a property that has it's auction date postponed should be recorded as not sold? Does that mean if it sells or doesn't sell at the subsequent sale date it's presence in the auction is ignored, or is it included in the stats again? If this is the case with one property it hardly changes the overall result but what if 20 properties out of 193 were postponed. That could make quite a difference.

by Greg Ninness | 4th Apr 18, 9:06am 1522789600

It will appear in the auction results reports every time it is prepared for auction. If it comes up for auction in a particular week but is postponed, it will appear in that week's results as "not sold," but will be marked as "postponed" in the individual results on the Residential Auction Results page.

by Brock Landers | 4th Apr 18, 7:29am 1522783742

These are some interesting oscillations indeed.

by Retired-Poppy | 4th Apr 18, 8:14am 1522786469

Stock of homes for sale at highest since 2012 in Auckland and its even deeper into buyers market territory. Homes for sale also higher in Waikato and Canterbury; https://www.interest.co.nz/property/93007/auckland-buyers-market-stock-…

Its true! studying these weak auction results will not lead to blindness.

by Badlad | 4th Apr 18, 6:19pm 1522822769

Come on RP, we all know what leads to blindness and one suspects quite a few may have found just the right amount of gratification here to bring it on

by Badlad | 4th Apr 18, 6:28pm 1522823314

Oh and just to add grist to the mill I have heard anecdotally from within legalbeagle conveyancing circles that mortgagee sales are getting busier by the week

by Badlad | 4th Apr 18, 6:32pm 1522823532

Apologies if my comment has caused any premature edification

by Averageman | 4th Apr 18, 7:43am 1522784601

Yep...the last fools are not the buyers its the current sellers. All we need is the Fed to follow thru and continue to drive interest rates and the banks here will do the rest. The over leveraged should be stocking stomach medicine.

by Crazy Horse | 4th Apr 18, 8:33pm 1522830825

Agree Averageman ....but there are so many on this website that are so naive, they truly think that the NZ residential property market ...esp. Auckland is "robust, foolproof, never decreases, this is just part of the cycle etc etc" .....I have heard the same drivel now for years.

Wonder how many are mortgaged "up to the eyeballs" relying on the crap they heard at the BBQ by their "know all" Uncle that these low interest rates are here to stay.... forever.

These types forget to remember the banks will be just as keen to get their money back, as they were to give it out.

TTP et al should have a look at a few clips on YouTube by Harry Dent and Prof. Steve Keen.....and google "the world debt clock" ...... the current prices being asked for are just not "cutting the mustard" ..just look at the auction results compared with 2 years ago.

Disclaimer: Crazy Horse does own Auckland property, so I'm not one of those the property spruikers proclaim is a "doom & gloom merchant" waiting for a price crash .... I would just like to see all these $$$$$ that are just going to rent and mortgage interest payments, going into R&D, new start ups, innovations etc. Much better for the overall economy, than an economy and tax regime which is slanted towards "residential property investment" as the only game in town.

by Auckland | 4th Apr 18, 11:20am 1522797620

Does anyone know if this website gives details about what the address is of each house that sold at the auction, the price it sold for, and how that compares to the latest C.V. ? :) Thanks.

by Greg Ninness | 4th Apr 18, 1:28pm 1522805294

At the end of the story it provides a link to that information, without the CVs.

by Zachary Smith | 4th Apr 18, 1:40pm 1522806051

CVs can easily be found by looking up the addresses here:

https://geomapspublic.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/viewer/index.html

Or use TradeMe's Property Perspectives.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/property/insights/map

Last week 47 standard sort of houses are listed as sold with 27 selling higher than current CV and 19 selling for under with one the same.
On average the 47 sold for 4.85% above 2017 CV.
(Disclaimer: done in a rush so could have made the odd error)

by theglc | 4th Apr 18, 11:27am 1522798025

a 68% failure rate! inventories are rising.

Will be interesting indeed to see the Auckland sales data for March and how it compares to last years peak.....

by tothepoint - d… | 4th Apr 18, 6:55pm 1522824951

A handful of DGM (doom and gloom merchants) continue to hang around here, like bad odours........

But the evidence is compelling: Auckland house prices are holding remarkably well.

TTP

by MisterB | 4th Apr 18, 7:18pm 1522826331

Yes... historically low Auckland sales and high stock levels show a bouyant market. Now i definitely smell something...

by tothepoint - d… | 4th Apr 18, 7:35pm 1522827330

Hi MisterB,

Auckland sales and stock levels are no different from what they were earlier this decade. So, your sense of history does not extend back too far!

The point is that after the significant market upswing of 2014-16, house prices have held their own. The crash (or major correction) that so many of your mates here have fantasised about has not occurred.

You're not the only person who would like to buy a well-located home in Auckland at a bargain-basement price. So would I. But I'm not kidding myself that it's going to happen. Put simply, It won't!

TTP

by MisterB | 4th Apr 18, 9:26pm 1522833964

Perhaps change your handle to Miss The Point? Frankly most of what you say is disconnected with any understanding of fundamentals of pricing.

Have house prices really held their own or have they become illiquid? Do you think all the stock is "well located" in Auckland. The exuberant sentiment drove outer prices much higher percentage wise and reversed sentiment off the back of stale listings can just as easily bring it down.

Let's do some maths shall we...

2012: in round numbers, let's say it was 10,000 listings at an average price of $500k, then that was about $5.0b worth of stock and lets say about $3.5b in credit needed to fund that

2018: Now, that same 10,000 houses @ $950k = $9.5b in stock value and even if deposits had kept pace as percentage (debatable), $6.7b in credit needed - nearly twice as much.

Now, how much have wages risen? According to stats NZ, average HH income has risen ~20% in the time.

So, on balance of probabilities, what is the most likely outcome --- the same performance as 2012 or worse?

by MisterB | 4th Apr 18, 8:41pm 1522831317

FYI I am not looking to buy a house in Auckland. They are still fundamentally overpriced and it's cheaper to rent (gross yield for my landlord will be 2.7%) and put the difference into different and more liquid diversified asset classes.

by tothepoint - d… | 4th Apr 18, 10:31pm 1522837893

Hi MisterB,

You say "let's do some maths"........

It takes more than crude mechanical arithmetic and your various misconceptions, my friend.

It's skilful application of concepts, clear-thinking and logic that counts!

You (and certain others here) completely miss the essence of property as an investment (or consumption) commodity.

TTP

by theglc | 4th Apr 18, 11:21pm 1522840899

If you knew anything of logic, you would realize that all the fundamentals effecting the housing market are overwhelmingly pointing to a correction.

If the population cant afford to buy the houses - logic says the market will meet what people are prepared to pay

Taking the foreign buyers (who fueled the crazy prices) out of the market - logic says it will return to mean

Government putting kiwi build houses on the market at affordable prices - logic says this will effect the prices of the houses competing for the same buyers

ring-fencing losses - logic says investors will have to make sustainable decisions and not rely on capital gains

Increase in interest rates (the US increases will trickle down to us) - logic says this will tighten things

extended brightline - logic says this will dampen speculation

increasing inventories & low sales - logic says those who need to sell will have to be flexible to get a sale.

Not much good news for the Bulls at the moment is there?????

A correction is almost inevitable!

Missed the Point you have (master yoda says)

by tothepoint - d… | 4th Apr 18, 11:31pm 1522841505

Hi thegic,

Any evidence??????

Waiting........

TTP

by theglc | 5th Apr 18, 1:14pm 1522890870

Do you disagree?

maybe you could share your skilful application of concepts, clear-thinking and logic and supply an actual argument for once instead of sprouting out you continual supply of nothingness supported by no logical reasoning whatsoever...

by swapacrate | 4th Apr 18, 8:14pm 1522829677

"Auckland sales and stock levels are no different from what they were earlier this decade."

But will the perfect storm happen again, unlimited money coming from overseas and the lowest interest rates we have ever seen because of quantitative easing, and cheap borrowing.

Not to mention lending up to 9 times income. Hey 20 times income all banks will lend at that.

Or maybe you just put a finger in the air and say abracadabra wave my magic wand and everything will repeat.

As for the crash happening, Im not sure I would start bragging yet. Interest rates will eventually rise, borrowing will become harder, sales times may increase, foreigners will be stopped from buying etc etc. That's the thing with peaks and curves there is a top when things plateau. I would suggest we are at the plateau, not at the crash and certainly not on a upward trend.

Interesting times indeed.