Sydney just had its worst auction weekend since April 2020, and if you’ve been wondering when this slowdown would start showing some real teeth, that’s your answer. Australia’s property markets have clearly changed direction over the past couple of months, with Cotality’s Home Value Index showing values have now fallen around -0.8% over the last…
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Perth’s housing market is still growing, but the number that defined it for two years — the number that made it the undisputed standout of the national cycle — is no longer recognisable in the current data. Values rose 0.7% in June 2026, which is a positive result by almost any measure. But Perth was…
If you think we are in a rental crisis now, hold onto your hat! The Australian property market is currently navigating a “perfect storm,” but it’s not the kind that clears the air. Instead, it’s a convergence of policy shifts, supply shortages, and economic pressures that threaten to fundamentally reshape the fabric of our society….
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Adelaide’s June result was a single number that carried more weight than its face value suggests. Home values were unchanged over the month — zero growth, the softest monthly outcome the city has recorded since February 2025. On its own, a flat month is unremarkable. In the context of where Adelaide has come from, it…
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Brisbane is still growing — but the gap between what the data shows and what it means has rarely been wider. A 0.3% rise in June 2026 keeps the headline figure in positive territory, but that number sits against a backdrop where Brisbane was recording monthly growth of 1.5% just three months ago. The deceleration…
For the last few years Australia’s property markets seemed almost unstoppable, but the latest Domain House Price Report suggests we’ve now reached a very different stage of the property cycle. Domain’s June Quarter 2026 House Price Report revealed the broad-based housing boom that has driven Australian property markets for more than three years has come to…
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Sydney’s June result arrived with enough force to define the national narrative. A 1.2% fall in home values over the month — the steepest monthly decline the city has recorded since August 2022 — made Sydney the single largest drag on Cotality’s national index, which itself posted its worst monthly result since December 2022. This…
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Melbourne’s housing market is grinding through its most sustained period of weakness in years. A 1% fall in June 2026 marked the seventh consecutive monthly decline since the cyclical peak in November last year — a run of losses that has now carried values 4% below the record high set in March 2022 and 2%…
Australia’s housing market has crossed a threshold that marks a genuine shift in the cycle. Cotality’s National Home Value Index fell 0.4% in June 2026 — the third consecutive monthly decline and the largest single-month drop recorded since December 2022. The national index now sits 0.7% below its March peak, and the momentum carrying values…
There is no doubt that our housing markets are facing challenges from all directions, but clearly, they have remained resilient. To better understand what’s happening, this monthly collection of charts from Cotality paints an interesting picture. According to Cotality, Australian property vendors are increasingly turning their backs on auctions as cooling buyer demand reshapes the market….
