The Weekend's Auctions
Clearance and pass-in rates for Melbourne and the regions — including the gap between Saturday's preliminary numbers and the real, revised ones.
Victoria's property week.
Auction results, price moves, legislation and the stories the headline numbers don't tell you — every Sunday night, in plain English.
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3–9 August 2026, Victoria
Melbourne clearance 63% · Passed in 24% · July prices −1.2%
What we cover.
Six threads, every week — plus something you probably didn't know.
Price Watch
Monthly index moves, suburb standouts, and where the medians actually sit — houses and units, Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Spring Street
Bills, reforms and rule changes out of the Victorian Parliament and Canberra that touch property — decoded before they take effect.
The Naughty Corner
Underquoting cases, trust-account trouble and builder bans — who Consumer Affairs Victoria and the courts dealt with this week.
Bricks & Money
The commercial side: office vacancy, big Melbourne deals, receiverships and what the REITs are reporting.
Spotlight
One subject, properly explained — a new one each week. Mechanics, history, roles, suburbs, and the odd fact worth knowing.
A recent week.
Week of 3–9 August 2026 — what an edition actually reads like.
- AuctionsMelbourne was the biggest auction market in the country this week — 627 scheduled against Sydney's 520 — and the best performer: 63% clearance, its strongest since March. Saturday night's preliminary read was 64.2%; by Sunday it had already slipped.
- PricesMelbourne down 1.2% in July, −3.4% for the quarter — yet forecasters tip Melbourne attached homes (units, townhouses) to keep rising while detached falls.
- Spring StThe underquoting bill — agents must publish the vendor's reserve seven days before auction, from 1 October — sits in the upper house.
- Naughty cornerQuiet week in court, but the taskforce case against a Glen Waverley agency over alleged underquoting on 11 properties is live and moving.
- Bricks & moneyMelbourne office vacancy is the nation's worst (~19%) but stabilising — and receivers began selling off the failed "Australia's tallest tower" Southbank site, first parcel about $26m.
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