Auctions
How auctions work in Queensland, what clearance rates really say, and what buyers and sellers should expect on the day.
Long-weekend auctions: Brisbane's early clearance rate sinks to 25.6%
In the first auction week after the cash rate rise, Cotality's preliminary figures put Brisbane at 25.6 per cent and the combined capitals at 48.2 per cent, the lowest since June.
Cash rate rises to 4.60 per cent in the middle of Brisbane's spring
The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate by 0.25 points on 29 September, noting falling housing prices and fewer new home loans. Brisbane auctions were already clearing below half.
Brisbane is not the weakest capital at auction for once this spring
Brisbane's preliminary clearance rate rose to 42.6 per cent in the week ending 27 September while Adelaide fell to 39.3 per cent, Cotality reports, as the national rate eased.
Seventeen weeks under 40 per cent for Brisbane's auction market
Brisbane held 176 auctions in the week ending 20 September and 31.4 per cent sold, Cotality's final figures show. A year earlier the city's rate was 61.9 per cent.
Brisbane posts its best final auction result in three months: 38.5%
Cotality's final figures for the week ending 13 September show 65 of Brisbane's 169 auctions sold. The Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast both finished at 32.0 per cent.
After the hammer falls in Queensland: contract, deposit and settlement
A winning bid in Queensland means signing at once, with no cooling-off period and usually no conditions. What the rules say about the deposit, disclosure, identity checks and settlement.
Brisbane clearance rate jumps to 41.6 per cent but trails last year
With 168 auctions, Brisbane was busier than a year ago and its preliminary clearance rate rose 16.8 points in a week, Cotality reports. It was still the lowest capital.
Pass-ins nearly double withdrawals as Brisbane clears 26 per cent
Final Cotality figures for the first week of spring show 34 of Brisbane's 131 auctions sold, while pass-ins outnumbered withdrawals almost two to one across the capitals.
Spring opens in Brisbane with one auction in four finding a buyer
Cotality's preliminary count for the first week of spring puts Brisbane at 133 auctions and a 24.8 per cent clearance rate, the city's second-lowest early result of 2026.
August's five early readings: Brisbane auctions peak, then slide
Preliminary Cotality figures for the week ending 30 August put Brisbane's auction clearance rate at 31.5 per cent, with both coastal markets recording higher early rates on small counts.
Brisbane auction clearance sits 30 points under last year's level
Final Cotality figures for the week ending 23 August show 32.7 per cent of Brisbane's 151 auctions sold, against 62.5 per cent a year earlier, the widest annual gap of the larger capitals.
Brisbane's 51.9 per cent early result settles at 35.9 per cent
Cotality's final figures for the week ending 16 August put Brisbane's auction clearance rate 16 points below Monday's preliminary reading, while the Sunshine Coast barely moved.
Just over half of Brisbane's reported auctions sell in mid-August
Cotality's preliminary rate for Brisbane reached 51.9 per cent in the week ending 16 August, the best early result in 13 weeks, from 79 reported results out of 145 auctions.
Brisbane is the only capital holding more auctions than a year ago
Final Cotality figures for the week ending 9 August count 161 Brisbane auctions, up 29.8 per cent on the same week of 2025, while 35.4 per cent of them ended in a sale.
Auction or private treaty in Queensland: how the two methods differ
Price display, cooling-off, conditions, deposit, disclosure and the statistics: what Queensland's rules say about selling a home by auction and by private treaty, side by side.
Brisbane's early auction clearance rate climbs back above 40 per cent
Cotality's preliminary count for the week ending 2 August puts Brisbane at 42.0 per cent from 139 auctions, with the Sunshine Coast close behind and the Gold Coast well below.
July at auction: Brisbane's four final results, none above 35.4 per cent
Cotality's last July release puts Brisbane at 29.5 per cent from 132 auctions. Across the four weeks ending in July, the city's final clearance rate peaked at 35.4 per cent.
More Brisbane auctions, same result: 164 homes and 35.4 per cent
Brisbane held 164 auctions in the week ending 19 July, 26.2 per cent more than the week before, and Cotality's final clearance rate did not move from 35.4 per cent.
Selling at auction in Queensland: the seller's choices and the law's rules
A seller sets the reserve, the agent and the terms. Queensland law fixes the rest: no price guides, announced vendor bids, a bidder register and disclosure before the hammer.
AUSTRAC spells out how identity checks work when a home sells at auction
Guidance updated by AUSTRAC on 10 July says agents may delay customer checks on an auction buyer who is only known once the hammer falls. What that means on a Queensland auction day.