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Housing auction rates provide only part of the picture

Auction clearance rates are a timely and useful barometer of housing activity, but since they capture less than a third of all sales they don’t provide a full picture. While Australia’s housing market does appear to have strengthened in recent months, other indicators suggest that it will soften over the next few years.

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