Where are the top ten fastest selling suburbs?: Cameron Kusher

Where are the top ten fastest selling suburbs?: Cameron Kusher
Staff reporterDecember 7, 2020

Low interest rates coupled with higher levels of demand for housing has seen property sales in some areas take off faster than in others, according to CoreLogic’s latest Property Pulse.

The property data firm will take a look at the 10 suburbs in each state with the shortest median selling time for houses and units over the 12 months to January 2017.

CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher said that given mortgage rates have fallen over recent years, certain cities, namely Sydney and Melbourne, have seen heightened demand and a rapid rate of sale for properties.

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Where are the top ten fastest selling suburbs?: Cameron Kusher

(Note - today’s analysis only calculates where there were at least 10 observations of paired listings and subsequent sales over the year and is calculated on private sales excluding properties advertised for auction due to the selling time for an auction is often better described as a marketing period that typically lasts for around six weeks.

The figure is calculated by the difference from the date at which a property is first listed compared to its contract date).

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Where are the top ten fastest selling suburbs?: Cameron Kusher

Montagu Bay in Hobart now has the shortest median days on market for houses over the past year at five days. For units, South Penrith and Wyoming in Sydney has the shortest median days on the market at 7 days.

The most obvious trend is that the majority of suburbs listed are within capital cities. This is generally the case across each state and territory.

The CoreLogic analysis highlights that housing market conditions are generally stronger in the capital cities than they are in regional areas.

Mr Kusher said, “In most instances, the suburbs that are not in capital cities are located in regions close to the capital city, highlighting how housing demand has rippled outwards from the capital cities as prices rise.”

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Where are the top ten fastest selling suburbs?: Cameron Kusher

Although Sydney and Melbourne have grabbed the headlines over recent years for their comparatively strong rates of capital growth, in other capital cities there are suburbs experiencing a very rapid rate of sale.

For example, Brisbane values have increased by less than 5 percent over the past year but each of the suburbs listed for houses have a median days on market figure of less than 20 days.

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Where are the top ten fastest selling suburbs?: Cameron Kusher

Mr Kusher said With mortgage rates and the number of properties available for sale remaining low we would anticipate that the current rapid rate of sale in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and Canberra will remain low, however there have been some early signs that stock levels are starting to rise which may lead to an easing in the perceived urgency to buy across some markets.

"Outside of these areas, suburbs in sought after locations with relatively low stock available for sale are also likely to see transactions occurring at a fairly rapid pace, especially if vendors ensure that they are setting realistic initial listing prices.”

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