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Auction Market Preview - 8 June 2025

King’s Birthday long weekend sees auction activity take a dive

There are currently 1,351 capital city homes scheduled for auction this week, with the lower auction activity attributed to the King’s Birthday long weekend in most states. Last week saw 2,918 homes taken to auction, while this time last year, 1,317 auctions were held across the combined capitals.

In Melbourne, 461 homes are currently scheduled for auction this week, compared to 1,516 last week and 488 this time last year.

Sydney is set to host the most auctions this week, with 623 homes scheduled to go under the hammer. Last week saw 1,057 homes taken to auction, while this time last year, 523 auctions were held across the city.

Looking at the smaller capitals, Brisbane is set to host the most auctions this week (133), followed by Adelaide (87) and Canberra (41). There are just six homes set to go under the hammer in Perth this week, while there are no auctions on the radar in Tasmania.

Auction activity is set to rise next week, with just under 2,100 capital homes currently scheduled for auction.

The complete Auction Market Preview for the week ending 8 June 2025 can be downloaded below.

Auction Market Preview

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Caitlin Fono

Meet Caitlin Fono

Sr Associate, Research Support

Caitlin has spent more than a decade working with property data and analytics in various roles, earning a position on the CoreLogic research team in 2013. As a respected and highly experienced research analyst, Caitlin works with high frequency data sets, regularly updating our widely read auction reporting, weekly activity updates and customised data briefs.

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