If you’ve been watching Australia’s property market and feeling like the numbers don’t quite add up, you’re right. Refinancing is exploding, new-build lending is falling off a cliff, and investors are quietly staging a comeback. Yet when you dig deeper into the latest data, you start to see a much clearer story about where our…
Most capitals reported lower clearance rates over the past week and also declines in listings although rates remain robust from still-high auction numbers. This weekend’s auction results around Australia: Capital City This Week Last Week Same Week Last Year Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Sydney 1572 72.6% 1534 73.6% 1487 69.3% Melbourne 1500 68.1%…
Australia’s property markets are on the move again. After a period of fragmented property price growth and cautious sentiment, recent developments have brought momentum back into the picture. The Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered three interest rate cuts this year lowering the official cash rate to around 3.6% — easing borrowing costs and sparking…
If you want to understand where Australia’s property market is truly heading, don’t just look at what’s listed; look at what buyers are actually searching for. That’s what Domain’s latest Matching Demand report uncovers by comparing millions of buyer search budgets with the actual prices of properties listed for sale across every capital city. And…
Every so often, the property market sends a subtle signal before the headlines catch up. And right now, we’re seeing one of those signals flashing. Investors who are watching fixed-rate pricing trends, rather than waiting for the next RBA board meeting, may already have an early warning of where the next phase of the interest…
Hopes of another rate cut anytime soon have nosedived after the unemployment rate fell last month, adding to evidence that inflation pressures remain in the Australian economy. The drop in the jobless rate from 4.5 per cent in September to 4.3 per cent in October came after the number of employed people rose by 42,000 people, well above expectations….
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While Perth continues to dominate the headlines, Adelaide is quietly, but powerfully, reinforcing its strong market position. According to the latest data from Cotality, the South Australian housing market showed substantial acceleration in October, confirming its resilience and high demand. The national home value growth accelerated to 1.1%, and Adelaide played a major role in…
Every so often, we see a shift in the housing market that feels less like a data point and more like a turning tide. October was one of those months. Across the country, sellers stepped forward in numbers we haven’t seen in many months, buyers kept competing despite higher volumes, and auction rooms buzzed with…
If you own a holiday home or short-stay investment property, you might want to pour yourself a coffee before reading on, because the ATO just dropped a draft ruling that could seriously reshape how deductions work for short-term rentals. With around 250,000 Australian dwellings, about 2% of our housing stock, now operating as holiday or…
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Sydney dwelling values increased by 0.7% in October, bucking the broader national trend where most capital cities saw an acceleration in value growth. For the Sydney market, this milder rate of gain—easing from 0.8% over the preceding two months—may signal that affordability challenges are finally beginning to curb demand. The key insights reveal a shift…
