The Adelaide has been proved to be the
popular amongst the buyers in the past 12 months with the figures revealing
that it was the only capital city, which established the record a lift in
property transaction numbers. It was found that it dropped in almost every
other capital city. While the Adelaide bucked the trend, it was found that it only just scrapped into the positive
territory with a transaction levels lifting up to 0.2 per cent. The biggest
drop in sales department was seen in the Melbourne, which was down by 21.4 per
cent in the 12 months to October.
The high priced was initially seen in the
Sydney property market, where it was experienced a very significant drop as
well with the sales numbers down by 18.2 per cent.
The Darwin transaction numbers also fell by
12.5 per cent, Canberra 6.2 per cent, Perth, 5.3 per cent and Hobart 4.9 per
cent. According to the CoreLogic in the year to October there were 451,461
settled property sales in the nation.
The report also said that although sales
remained much lower than they were a year ago, over recent months there had
been a lift in settled sales.
“Importantly these figures only count
settled sales; off-the-plan sales are unsettled and will not settle until they
are completed, at that time these sales will be counted at their contract
date,’’ it said.
“Given this, it is expected that recent
years of sales activity will be revised higher over the coming years once these
settlements occur.’’ The report further added.