Auction Market Preview - week ending 10 August 2025

Auction activity remains relatively low across the combined capitals

There are currently 1,603 capital city homes scheduled for auction this week, a slight increase on last week when 1,575 auctions were held. Over the same week last year, 1,891 auctions were held across the combined capitals.

Melbourne is the busiest auction market this week, with 738 homes set to go under the hammer.  The previous week saw a similar number of auctions (730), while this time last year, 897 auctions were held across the city.

There are 587 homes currently scheduled for auction in Sydney this week, compared to 571 last week. Over the same week last year, 645 homes were taken to auction in Sydney.

Across the smaller capitals, 123 homes are scheduled to go under the hammer in Brisbane this week, down from 128 last week. In Adelaide, 91 auctions are scheduled this week, up from 84 last week. There are 55 homes scheduled to go under the hammer in Canberra this week, in line with last week. Perth is set to see nine homes taken to auction this week, compared to eight last week, while there are no auctions scheduled in Tasmania for the third week in a row.

Auction activity is expected to pick up next week, with around 1,920 homes currently scheduled to go under the hammer across the combined capitals. If all of these auctions go ahead, it will be the busiest auction week since the end of June (2,044).

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