Auctions
How auctions work in Queensland, what clearance rates really say, and what buyers and sellers should expect on the day.
From 23.8 to 43 per cent: Brisbane's auction rate rebounds in a week
Cotality's preliminary results for the week ending 12 July show Brisbane clearing 43.0 per cent of 128 auctions, a 19-point jump that still leaves it last among the larger capitals.
Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast out-clear Brisbane in a 23.5 per cent week
Final Cotality figures for the week ending 5 July show both coasts clearing about 35 per cent of auctions while Brisbane finalised at 23.5 per cent with 77 homes passed in.
Brisbane's early auction result drops to 23.8 per cent
Cotality's preliminary figures for the week ending 5 July put Brisbane's clearance rate at 23.8 per cent from 120 auctions, the city's lowest early reading since May 2020.
Brisbane ends June with the lowest auction clearance of any capital
Brisbane's early clearance rate rose to 39.3 per cent in the last full week of June, Cotality reports, and it was still the lowest of any capital city. A look back at the month.
Gold Coast auctions: fewer than one in four sells in mid-June week
Ten of the 43 Gold Coast auctions held in the week ending 21 June ended in a sale, Cotality's final figures show, while Brisbane cleared under 40 per cent for a fourth week.
Passed in at auction: what happens next for seller and highest bidder
When bidding stops short of the reserve, a Queensland auction moves to private talks. What the rules say about the first two business days, cooling-off and price.
Nearly one in four auctions withdrawn as vendors step back
About 23.6 per cent of capital city auctions were withdrawn in the week ending 21 June, Cotality reports, as Brisbane's early clearance rate slipped back to 33.3 per cent.
How auction clearance rates are counted, and why two sources disagree
One Brisbane auction week in June 2026 produced clearance rates of 31.9%, 34.1% and 18%. Here is how each provider counts, and what a rate can and cannot say.
Reserve Bank holds at 4.35 per cent as Brisbane auctions stay subdued
The Reserve Bank left the cash rate at 4.35 per cent on 16 June, its first pause of 2026 after three rises. Brisbane bidders get steadier borrowing costs, not lower ones.
Brisbane sellers keep choosing auction as bookings rise 15 per cent
Brisbane held 144 auctions in the week ending 14 June, about 13 per cent more than a year earlier, and the early clearance rate recovered to 42.0 per cent, Cotality figures show.
More than half of Brisbane auctions passed in during first week of June
Cotality's final figures put Brisbane's clearance rate at 34.1 per cent for the week ending 7 June, its lowest in six years, with 56.3 per cent of auctions passed in.
No long weekend, yet Brisbane auction numbers fall by almost a third
Brisbane held 138 auctions in the first week of June, about 30 per cent fewer than a week earlier, and Cotality's early clearance rate of 31.9 per cent is the city's lowest since May 2020.
Buying at auction in Queensland: the rules every bidder should know
No cooling-off, no price guide, no conditions: how a Queensland property auction works, from registering to bid to the fall of the hammer, and where the rules are written.
Brisbane opens winter with 201 auctions and fewer than half selling
Cotality's early count for the last week of May shows 201 Brisbane auctions and a 43.3 per cent clearance rate, with the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast softer still.