Nearly 600 bids at Ray White AT Realty’s Game Day

Ray White AT Realty’s latest Game Day — the brand’s big single-day auction event, known around the network as “The Day” — drew close to 600 bids as Auckland buyers turned out in force.

By the numbers

• 598 bids placed across the day
• Around $17.8 million in property sold
• 23 properties sold under the hammer, from 41 brought to auction
• A 56% clearance rate, with bidding called on 37 of 38 properties
• Roughly eight hours of continuous auctions

The most competitive result of the day came in Ōtāhuhu, where a home on Church Street drew 78 bids in just 13 minutes from 17 registered bidders before selling for $882,000.

In Glen Eden, a property taken to market on a $1 reserve attracted 35 bids and sold for $731,000 after only 17 days on the market — a reminder of how a no-reserve strategy can concentrate buyer competition.

Across the day, vendors collectively adjusted their reserves by around $680,000 to meet the market, with the strongest run of sales between 9am and midday, when 13 properties found new owners.

The takeaway from a day like this is simple: active bidding on nearly every property points to a market where genuine, finance-ready buyers are still willing to compete hard for the right home.