A clearance rate of 79 per cent was recorded this weekend compared to 81 per cent last weekend and 73 per cent this weekend last year. There were 904 auctions reported to the REIV, with 717 selling and 187 being passed in, 82 of those on a vendor bid. The top auction suburbs in the year to date are South Kingsville, Briar Hill and Huntingdale – with a 92 per cent clearance rate in each.