Fresh Market News, Archives 2003 - 2009.

View Jun 13 2009 Market Report

At 6pm, the James Clearance rate stands at 81 per cent from the 16 auctions we attended today. Please note our Chinese Translation and the Price Worm to right (Wormy is...

View May 30 2009 Market Report

It's 6pm Saturday and the James Clearance Rate stands at 59 per cent on the 27 auctions we attended. Yes, a drop-off from past weeks, but there should be a...

View May 23 2009 Market Report

The James Clearance rate stands at 83 per cent on the 23 auctions of million-dollar-plus properties we attended today. Please note James Market News is...

View May 16 2009 Market Report

It's 6pm and the James Clearance Rate stands at 63% for Melbourne's million-dollar-plus homes. It's down from last week, but it's a stat that doesn't truly reflect the market...

View May 9 2009 Market Report

It's 6pm Saturday and the James $1 million-plus auction clearance rate was over 86% on the 22 auctions we attended. 86% on 22 auctions - hello. It's hard to believe we are...

View May 2 2009 Market Report

It's 6pm Saturday and the James $1 million-plus clearance rate is 77%. The market seems healthy at present. Today's Herald Sun said the market had fallen in...

View Apr 18 2009 Market Report

It's 5pm and we have a 56% clearance rate on the 16 $1 million-plus auctions we attended today. There has been significant bad news in the papers this week and, of course,...

View Apr 4 2009 Market Report

At 6pm Saturday, as we go to press, the James Clearance Rate stands at 50% from the 20 we reviewed and attended. Some interesting results below. This result is slightly...

View Mar 28 2009 Market Report

At 6pm Saturday, the James Auction $m+ Auction Clearance Rate stands at a strong-for-sellers 78% of the 23 auctions we attended today. Today, four clear messages...

View Mar 21 2009 Market Report

It's 5pm Saturday and we are looking at a 47% clearance rate on the 19 $1 million-plus auctions we attended and reported on today. Following on from a seven-day clearance rate...

View Mar 14 2009 Market Report

At 5pm, the $1 million-plus James Clearance Rate is 35% on the 17 auctions we attended. We had a sense at auctions today that March was looking weaker at $1 million-plus levels...

View Feb 28 2009 Market Report

At 5pm on Saturday, the clearance rate of the 21 auctions we previewed was 58% and sure to go up overnight. Sounds ominous – sorry.

The James Tostevin auction...

View Feb 21 2009 Market Report

On Saturday at 5pm, we have a James clearance rate of 47% on the 19 auctions we attended - by Sunday this has moved to a very strong 79% (our highest in 2 years). On first blush,...

View Feb 14 2009 Market Report

At 5pm Saturday - welcome back. What is 2009 going to bring? Everybody is asking themselves questions such as should I sell now or wait a while? Is this the right price or is it...

View Dec 13 2008 Market Report

At 5pm Saturday, the Auction Clearance Rate of James Attended Auctions was 38%. Nothing new here; but the market does have a slight sense of upbeatedness (if there is such a...

View Dec 6 2008 Market Report

At 5pm Saturday, it was a fair bit of the same old, same old. One home in 14 actually sold at auction, one just after and two before, with a 24% clearance rate for million-dollar...

View Nov 29 2008 Market Report

At 5pm Saturday, the James-attended auction clearance rate was 28% but we anticipate a few more being sold after auction or overnight, thus showing some minute signs of improved...

View Nov 22 2008 Market Report

At 5pm today, we had been to 13 auctions and witnessed only two million-dollar-plus homes sell under the hammer. This is starting to get monotonous for buyers and sellers alike...

View Nov 15 2008 Market Report

At 5pm today, the clearance rate from the 13 auctions we attended was 23%. Normal for late 2008. We expect a few will be bought overnight, bringing the clearance rate to around 1...

View Nov 8 2008 Market Report

Properties over a million dollars are 50% cheaper than six months ago for expats and overseas clients. With significant market drops in both top-end values and the Australian...

View Oct 25 2008 Market Report

At 5pm Saturday, just two of the 13 auctions we attended today have sold under the hammer, with another two or three expected to be sold overnight. The market is speaking on two...

View Oct 18 2008 Market Report

At 5pm Saturday, of the 15 million dollar auctions we attended today, only three had sold under the hammer. We do expect a few of these to sell by tomorrow. However, there is no...

View Oct 11 2008 Market Report

It's 5.00 pm Saturday and the auction clearance rates are very, very average for Million Dollar Melbourne. But let's leave the analysts and doomsayers to themselves; let's...

View Oct 4 2008 Market Report

It's 5.30pm Saturday and a very quiet auction landscape from the 15 auctions we attended today, with only four selling under the hammer. It is understandable; buyers and sellers...

View Sep 20 2008 Market Report

** Please note there is no auction coverage this Grand Final weekend due to minimal activity, our weekly news will return as per normal next weekend. At 6pm Saturday, the...

View Sep 13 2008 Market Report

The Rich are Getting Poorer and the Poor are staying about the same. At 5pm Saturday, as the James Weekly News Report is being published with live Auction Results from 20...

View Sep 6 2008 Market Report

It's 5.00 pm Saturday afternoon as we put up these early auction results and the interest rate good news of mid week does not seem to have transposed itself into Inner Melbourne's...

View Aug 30 2008 Market Report

This is our first attempt to get our auction results up live on a Saturday so please understand there will be properties that have since sold – it is now our intention to get...

View Aug 23 2008 Market Report

This week has seen a continuation of the market that buyers and sellers have witnessed for the last month or so, one of caution and uncertainty. This weekend saw the continuing...

View Aug 16 2008 Market Report

Continuing on from our comments last week about the increasing overhang of unsold properties. Of the 80 pass-ins (at around a million and above) we examined between April and now...

View Aug 9 2008 Market Report

There was definitely a bit more of a postive vibe in the auction air this weekend. Greater numbers of onlookers and bidders at auctions with a more positive buying vibe than the...

View Aug 2 2008 Market Report

A slight spring in the step of some was noticed at some auctions this weekend – with the first couple of multiple bidding results we have seen in a month. Maybe the interest rate...

View Jul 26 2008 Market Report

Overall another very negative weekend for auctions evidenced by the fact that only 2 sold from the 16 we attended as a group. The clearance rates at auction for $1m+ homes is...