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National home price growth picked up in February, consistent with the seasonal lift in housing market activity after the holidays, according to PropTrack. The report shows that prices lifted across every capital city, while nationally values are now 9.1% higher than a year ago. The national increase marks the fastest annual pace of growth since…
I am often asked what it would take for housing values to fall across Australia in a meaningful and sustained way. My short answer is always the same. Australian dwelling values fall only when borrowing power contracts hard enough, and for long enough, to seriously undermine demand. At its core, this is not a story…
Canberra’s residential property market is structurally distinct within Australia. Its clear segmentation, policy-driven income base, constrained supply, and unique tax framework create a niche market characterised by low volatility, regime-driven behaviour, and counter-cyclical tendencies. Unlike Melbourne’s credit-sensitive apartment market or Sydney’s globally priced scarcity model, Canberra responds primarily to fiscal and policy conditions rather than…
Rental shortages in Victoria and Western Australia are escalating, but while the Vic govt is using sticks to force investors and developers into providing more rental stock, the WA govt is using carrots to motivate and encourage them to do the same. Victoria and Western Australia have the fastest population growth rates of all States,…
Two months into 2026, and we have seen a clear divergence in housing trends, with Sydney and Melbourne values flatlining while the mid-sized capitals continue to record a solid rate of gain at more than 1% month on month growth. Perth is showing the strongest trend, with home values jumping 2.3% in February, adding more…
What if I told you the next 20 years will pass much faster than you think? And when they do, you’ll either be financially free or still wondering why others got there and you didn’t. The truth is that time is the most valuable, non-renewable asset we have. Yet too many Australians waste it reacting…
If they’re armed with all the research available in today’s information age, why can’t economists agree on where our property markets are heading? In fact, a better question would be – why do so many get it wrong? The simple answer is those market movements are far from an exact science. The fundamentals are easy…
One of the constants in life is change, however most of us don’t like change. Life, business, property investing or whatever is much easier if things are nice and predictable. But that’s not how things work – is it? So let’s look at 10 quotes about change: 1. “Waking up to who you are requires letting…
Booming capital city housing markets have continued to surge over February despite an increase in official interest rates. Overall results however were mixed, with seasonal impacts continuing to subdue notably the Melbourne and Sydney markets. The national capital city median house price increased marginally by 0.1% over the February quarter to $1,281,612 compared to…
Capital city auction clearance rates were generally lower over the past week as the usual early autumn selling season super surge of auctions provided more choices for buyers and more competition for sellers. Capital City This Week Last Week Same Week Last Year Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Sydney 1489 70.3% 1283 71.6% 1291…
