Melbourne once again recorded the strongest auction clearance rate over the weekend, with 75% of properties being sold. The result was down from the 79% recorded the previous weekend, but up from the 74% recorded for the same weekend last year.

In Sydney, of the 265 properties that went to auction over the weekend, 74% were sold - the city's strongest clearance rate since September last year. The result was up from the previous weekend's 72%, but well down from the result for the same weekend last year, when boom conditions sparked an 83% clearance rate.

Property in Sydney's Inner West was the most highly sought in the country, with 85% of properties sold at the weekend's auctions. On the Upper North, the clearance rate was 82%, while the City and East saw 77% of auctioned properties sold.

In Brisbane, 37 properties went to auction, and a 47% clearance rate was recorded.

In Adelaide, a hefty 81% clearance rate was achieved from the 36 properties that went to auction.

And in Canberra, 38 properties went under the hammer, and a 63% clearance rate was recorded.