Weekly Market Update 12th October 2020

Datium Insights Weekly Market Update

Read our latest weekly update on the state of the used car market containing analysis of prices, volume and clearance rates.

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Market Snapshot

  • Prices were relatively flat the past week (+0.7%)
  • After 6 months of strong week-to-week increases, prices look to be softening
  • Passenger vehicles drove most of the increases (+4.1%)
  • Prices for repossessed vehicles were down (-5.3%), however ex-leases performed well (+7.1%)
  • Supply was down (-5.1%) the past week
  • Clearance rates were flat (+0.1%) and look to have reached a ceiling
  • Prices for top 15 traded vehicles were largely negative with most vehicles seeing small declines
  • Holden Colorado (+7%) and Toyota Rav4 (+4.2%) drove increases
  • As highlighted above, stock remains considerably low – see our latest reports on car supply and export/import activity

Weekly Price Changes

Weekly Prices Changes for Top Models

Weekly Clearance Rate Changes

Weekly Sales Volume Changes

Price Index COVID-19 versus GFC

Datium Insights Monthly Car Supply Update
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Prices People Pay Valuations

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Tanim Ahmed

By Tanim Ahmed, Head of Product at Datium Insights

Tanim is a Macquarie University alumni with degrees in Finance and Economics. He has spent a decade in the Leasing and Finance industry, specializing in Residual Value risk.

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