Sydney's inner west to be busiest weekend auction region

There are 306 scheduled weekend auctions across Sydney this weekend, up from last weekend’s 289, according to Australian Property Monitors.

The numbers are even higher than the 265 auctioned over the same weekend a year ago, a 15.5% increase.

Sydney’s inner west will be the busiest region with 59 scheduled auctions, including eight in Strathfield and five in Newtown.

The south has quieted down a little with 35 auctions scheduled, compared to 59 properties last week.

The upper north shore has 36 auctions scheduled, compared to 27 last week and the south west has 26 scheduled.

The city and east has 23 auctions scheduled, slightly down from last week with 34.

Strathfield is the busiest suburb this weekend with eight auctions scheduled, followed by six in Guildford and Greenacre.

Sydney experienced a strong auction clearance rate of 81% last week, increasing from 77.5% the week before.