Capital city auction markets have ended a generally subdued July with some capitals now rising above their year-to-date lows over recent weeks. Weekly Auction Results to Saturday, July 25th 2026 Capital City This Week Last Week Same Week Last Year Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Sydney 564 59.5% 562 54.2% 642 77.4% Melbourne 692…
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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…
What happens to property prices when the cost of building a home begins to settle, but the price of the land underneath it keeps climbing? That is the contradiction emerging in Australia’s housing market right now. In this week’s Property Insider, Dr Andrew Wilson shows that annual growth in house-building costs has slowed considerably from…
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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%…
For decades, home ownership has represented much more than having a roof over your head. For many Australians, buying property has been the cornerstone of financial security, a way to create choices during retirement, and perhaps most importantly, an opportunity to leave something meaningful for the next generation. That belief has shaped the financial decisions…
