%0 Conference Paper %B 13th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference %D 2006 %T RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SALES BY AUCTION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SYDNEY RESIDENTIAL SALES MARKET. %A Eves, Chris %X The sale of residential property by auction is a preferred sale method by real estate agents, but not always preferred by some vendors and most residential property buyers. In many residential property markets, the performance and measure or residential property is based on the number of properties offered for sale by auction, auction clearance rates and the number of properties sold prior to auction. However, in many specific residential property markets, sale by auction may not be the preferred or supported method of sale. This paper will review the type of residential property sale within the Sydney residential property market and track the auction sales and clearance rates for a set section of Sydney real estate agents over the past 11 months and compare these results to the number of private treaty sales by the same group of real estate agents. This will provide a breakdown of real estate agency sale practice over a large metropolitan region to determine the impact of geographic location and socio-economic factors on the method of residential property sales. %B 13th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference %S ERES: Conference %C Weimar, Germany %G eng %9 normal paper %3 RePEc:arz:wpaper:eres2006_185 %! Conference 2006 %& 6-C %R 10.15396/eres2006_185