PHOTO: Almost 2000 properties went under the hammer, 200 more than this time last year in Melbourne.

Melbourne’s property market is showing no signs of slowing down in the lead-up to Christmas, with the city recording its second-highest number of auctions for the year over the past week.

Almost 2000 properties went under the hammer, 200 more than this time last year: 64.7 per cent were sold at auction.

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