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There’s a quiet but powerful shift happening in the Australian economy, and it’s not getting the attention it deserves. More than half of Australian voters now rely on government support for their primary income. Whether it’s through public sector wages, welfare payments, disability support, childcare subsidies, or aged care funding, over 50% of voters are…

National asking prices rose across all property types, with houses leading the charge, according to SQM Research’s Weekly Asking Prices Index for The national average asking price for houses climbed to $1,296,482—up 2.25% from the previous week and 6.9% year-on-year. Units followed suit, rising 1.53% weekly and 6.8% annually. Sydney recorded the sharpest weekly increase…

Want to know what’s really happening with property prices right now? Every month, investors, homeowners, and would-be buyers turn to the latest median property price data, hoping to make sense of what’s happening in our housing markets. And while the numbers give us important clues, they don’t tell the full story. Australia’s property markets are…

Cotality’s national Home Value Index (HVI) rose 0.7% in August, the strongest month on month gain since May last year. The result pushed the annual change higher for the second month in a row, to 4.1%. The growth cycle has been gradually building momentum since the February rate cut, with buyer demand spurred by a…

The widely anticipated decision by the RBA to cut official interest rates over August has added to momentum in already robust housing markets, with most capitals again reporting higher house prices over the August quarter compared to the previous July quarter. The national capital city median house price increased by 0.9% over the August quarter…

Australia’s housing market is showing its usual resilience, but the landscape is shifting in some important ways. The latest Mortgage Insights Report from Money.com.au reveals that while overall lending growth has slowed, investors are roaring back into the market and, for the first time in years, are almost neck and neck with homebuyers when it…

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