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Northern Beaches auction results

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53%

Clearance rate, June to August 2026

Soft, below 60%

Northern Beaches auctions cleared 53% over June to August 2026, which is soft on the scale our market report uses. Over the same three months a year earlier, the rate was 70%.

STRAND's buyers agents update this page every month from HtAG Analytics data for the whole Northern Beaches Council area. Subscribers to our market update get each month's figures about two weeks before they appear here.

Every month since March 2021

The rate peaked at 94% in March 2021. Over the last twelve months it ran between 48% in April 2026 and 83% in December 2025.

December and January swing the most, because few auctions run over summer. That is why the headline averages three months.

Monthly auction clearance rate, Northern Beaches Council area, houses and units combined, March 2021 to August 2026.

Every month, as a table
Monthly auction clearance rate, Northern Beaches Council area, newest first
MonthClearance rate
Aug 202649.5%
Jul 202652.4%
Jun 202658.0%
May 202650.7%
Apr 202648.0%
Mar 202656.6%
Feb 202659.8%
Jan 202651.6%
Dec 202583.3%
Nov 202564.3%
Oct 202560.3%
Sep 202563.1%
Aug 202560.9%
Jul 202570.3%
Jun 202577.7%
May 202567.4%
Apr 202577.9%
Mar 202561.6%
Feb 202560.6%
Jan 202567.9%
Dec 202428.6%
Nov 202462.4%
Oct 202442.0%
Sep 202454.1%
Aug 202463.0%
Jul 202464.8%
Jun 202460.7%
May 202463.2%
Apr 202445.8%
Mar 202469.9%
Feb 202469.7%
Jan 20248.3%
Dec 202363.9%
Nov 202372.7%
Oct 202363.1%
Sep 202363.5%
Aug 202369.8%
Jul 202372.3%
Jun 202365.7%
May 202362.7%
Apr 202344.6%
Mar 202359.4%
Feb 202364.3%
Jan 202312.2%
Dec 202246.6%
Nov 202257.1%
Oct 202250.0%
Sep 202256.0%
Aug 202250.7%
Jul 202249.6%
Jun 202252.6%
May 202252.4%
Apr 202254.8%
Mar 202275.0%
Feb 202278.7%
Jan 202237.3%
Dec 202161.3%
Nov 202186.2%
Oct 202182.4%
Sep 202187.3%
Aug 202176.5%
Jul 202163.0%
Jun 202178.1%
May 202188.1%
Apr 202187.2%
Mar 202193.8%

What the rate means for you

The rate tells you how much competition to expect on auction day, and how much room there is to negotiate before or after it.

  • Strongabove 70%

    Most auctions sell, and competition sets the price on the day.

    An offer before auction, if the vendor will take one, is often the only way to avoid a bidding war.

  • Balanced60% to 70%

    Most homes sell under the hammer or soon after, but not all of them.

    Well-presented homes in good streets still draw a crowd, so set your limit before the day, not on it.

  • Softbelow 60%Where the market is now

    More homes pass in, and many then sell in negotiation, usually with the highest bidder getting the first chance to deal with the vendor.

    Vendors are more open to offers before auction day, and you have more room to negotiate on price and terms.

The rate covers the whole council area. A tightly held street can run hot in a soft market, which is why we judge every property on its own comparable sales, not the average.

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How the figure works

These are HtAG Analytics' monthly auction clearance rates for the whole Northern Beaches Council area, houses and units combined.

The headline is the average of the latest three months. A single month can swing hard, because HtAG does not publish how many auctions it counted, and quiet months are thin. January 2024 read 8%.

We do not publish a rate for each suburb. Most suburbs record too few auctions in a month for a percentage to mean anything.

Our market update quotes HtAG's own three-month figure, which ends a month earlier, so the two can differ by a point or so.

Source: HtAG Analytics. Figures to August 2026. Next update 15 October 2026.

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