Original article by Larry Schlesinger
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 16-Feb-15

Preliminary data shows that Sydney’s residential property market achieved an auction clearance rate of 77.9 per cent on the weekend of 14-15 February 2015, down from 80.5 per cent for the previous week. Melbourne’s preliminary auction clearance rate rose from 66.3 per cent to 67.4 per cent, while the national clearance rate rose from 67.3 per cent to 70 per cent. Mortgage Choice notes that the interest rate cut in February has resulted in a sharp rise in applications for home loans

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