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![Perth housing market update [video] | May 2026](https://cdn.propertyupdate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Perth-city-270x200.jpeg)
The Perth property market continues to outpace the rest of the nation, with Cotality’s latest index tracking a substantial dwelling value surge of 2.1% in April. This rapid growth injected approximately $21,280 into the local median home value over a single month. While eastern states face multi-layered headwinds and outright value declines, the Western Australian…
There’s a lot of noise around property at the moment. Whenever governments start talking about tax changes, trusts, capital gains, inheritance, or “fairness,” investors understandably sit up and take notice. And so they should. The proposed Budget changes now being discussed could have important implications for property investors, business owners, families, and anyone trying to build…
The government’s message sounds simple enough: make property investing less attractive, reduce the advantages investors supposedly have, tilt the playing field back toward first-home buyers, and more young Australians will finally be able to get a foot on the property ladder. On the surface, that sounds fair, and I can understand why many frustrated first-home…
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The Brisbane property market continues to exhibit notable strength, with the latest Cotality data revealing a dwelling value increase of 1.2% in April. This gain injected approximately $13,750 into the local median home value over the month. While the Queensland capital continues to comfortably outperform southern counterparts like Sydney and Melbourne, its broader expansion path…
In our modern economy, nearly every system is engineered to extract your hard-earned dollars. Credit-card companies flood your inbox with “pre-approved” offers. Retailers use algorithms to trigger impulse buys at the exact moment your willpower dips – typically in the checkout line. Social media bombards you with FOMO-fueled ads for the latest gadget, vacation, or…
Fresh data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released today shows the unemployment rate climbed to 4.5% in April, up from 4.3% in March, with employment falling by around 19,000 people in the month. The unemployment rate is now at a level above Federal Treasury and the Reserve Bank’s forecasts, and that’s before the full…
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For decades we’ve celebrated rising house prices in Australia. If your home was worth more this year than last, life felt a bit easier. Politicians were happy, banks were happy, homeowners were happy. But after 50 years of almost uninterrupted price growth, we need to ask a harder question: Is it actually good for us if…
This article discusses the proposed Local Infrastructure Fund and extended ban on foreign ownership of established homes across Australia. Both items were announced in the Federal Government’s Budget on May 12th 2026. Local Infrastructure Fund Australia’s new Local Infrastructure Fund sounds impressive at first glance. A $2 billion housing infrastructure package certainly makes for a good Budget…
![Sydney housing market update [video] | May 2026](https://cdn.propertyupdate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sydney4-270x200.jpg)
The Sydney property market is moving through a distinct structural transition, with Cotality’s latest figures showing a dwelling value contraction of 0.6% in April. This decline marks the fourth monthly downturn out of the last five for the harbor city, leaving the local market sitting 1.0% below the peak recorded in November last year. While…
You learn some lessons about money from books. Others you only learn the hard way – through experience, mistakes, and time. Looking back over several decades of investing and wealth creation, there are quite a few things I wish someone had explained to me earlier in life. Not because the information wasn’t available. I read…
