Here’s something that should concern every parent and grandparent in Australia. If you were born in the late 1940s, there was a 54% chance you owned a home by your late twenties. If you were born in the early 1990s, that figure has fallen to 36%. Now that’s a significant change in how wealth gets…
Every few months, another report lands telling us everything is about to change. Interest rates, artificial intelligence, migration, climate change, tax policy – take your pick. Some forecasts will prove correct, many will be exaggerated, and plenty will eventually be forgotten. The challenge is separating the structural changes that will genuinely reshape Australia from the…
Selling a property, whether it is your home or an investment, is a significant financial decision. You may be upsizing, downsizing, relocating or restructuring your investment portfolio, but whatever your reason for selling, choosing the right real estate agent can make an enormous difference to both the experience and the final result. A skilled agent…
Every year, property investors are presented with a fresh collection of forecasts telling them where interest rates, house prices, rents and the economy are heading. Some forecasts will be broadly right, many will miss the mark, and almost none will accurately predict the unexpected events that ultimately shape the market. Yet investors continue to search…
Australia’s capital city property markets rarely move together for long. One city surges ahead, another loses momentum and the price gaps that once looked permanent eventually begin to close. We have seen this pattern repeatedly, although every cycle arrives with a fresh explanation for why this time may be different. Melbourne is currently trading at…
SQM Research’s Weekly Asking Prices Index for the week ending 29 September 2026 showed a modest easing in asking prices nationally over the month, while annual growth remained positive. Nationally, house asking prices eased 0.4% over the month, while unit asking prices declined 0.2%. Combined dwelling asking prices fell 0.4% month-on-month and remain 3.6% higher…
Are you overwhelmed by interest rates, falling confidence, gloomy headlines and a new prediction every week? Right now, the property noise is deafening, and it’s easy to freeze. My message is simple: there is light on the horizon. The short term will remain uncertain, but the long term is still very much on our side….
If a picture paints a thousand words, then this collection of charts should do a pretty good job of painting the landscape as it affects our economy and our property markets. Each month the RBA summarises macroeconomic and financial market trends in Australia by providing a detailed chart pack. World Economy Australia’s economy doesn’t operate in…
Cotality’s national Home Value Index fell 1.1% in September, the sixth straight month of falling values. On a national basis, dwelling values are now 5.2% below their record highs from March 2026. 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…
Capital city home prices have continued to fall over September although the rate of decline has eased in most capitals compared to August results. The national capital city median house price fell by 1.0% over the September quarter to $1,212,850 compared to the August quarter, according to the latest data from My Housing Market. The September…
