National house prices have continued to fall into 2025, with February reporting monthly declines for most capitals. The national capital city median house price declined by 0.8% to $1,151,730 over the February quarter compared to the January quarter results, according to the latest data from My Housing Market. The national quarterly house price has now…
According to CoreLogic’s 2025 Women & Property report, Australia has a ‘gender investment gap’, where Australian women are underrepresented when it comes to investment properties and other investment types. The report, released in the lead-up to International Women’s Day, surveyed home ownership status, and motivations, barriers and attitudes towards dwelling ownership among women and men…
Imagine a system where building a townhouse feels like playing a game of snakes and ladders—except the snakes are endless paperwork, delays, and appeals. That’s what Victoria’s planning process has been like for developers. But the state government just rolled out a new rulebook to shake things up. Premier Jacinta Allan and Planning Minister Sonya…
Australia’s regional housing markets have continued to demonstrate resilience, with property values rising 1.0% over the three months to January, compared to the -0.7% decline in capital city values, according to CoreLogic’s latest Regional Market Update. While growth in regional markets has stabilised, growth patterns across individual markets are shifting, with signs of a slowdown…
The first interest rate cut in five years is welcome news for our housing markets. Though modest, this rate cut is not just about the potential savings for homeowners; it’s primarily a psychological boost that should reignite confidence in our housing market. Even though the RBA warned that further interest rate cuts are not guaranteed…
Strong population growth will increase housing demand, both to buy and rent. Australia’s population growth rose by some 550,000 last year. This likens to a 10,000 increase in the country’s population per week. This is 50% more than the annual average population increase over the past five years. The big winners – when comparing the…
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The pace of growth in Adelaide home values has been more resilient than most markets, although the rate of growth is easing. With a 0.7% rise in values in January and up 1.8% over the past three months, Adelaide has overtaken Perth to record the highest rate of growth across the capital cities. highest rate…
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Home values continue to trend higher across Brisbane, but the pace of gains has noticeably cooled. January’s 0.3% rise was the smallest since February of 2023 as higher stock levels, lower population growth and affordability constraints support a slowdown in conditions. The softer conditions are most evident across higher price points, with upper quartile dwelling…
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After a period of spectacular but unsustainable growth in home values, Perth’s property boom has eased sharply with a rise of just 0.4% in January. Over the past three months, values are up 1%, well down on the 7.1% gain recorded over the June quarter last year. The slowdown in value growth has been accompanied…
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Sydney’s housing market moved through a fourth straight month of declining values, with the market down 0.4% in January to be 1.7% below the record high set in September last year. House values have fallen more substantially than units, down 1.9% and 1.2% respectively from their peak levels. The weaker conditions coincide with higher advertised…
