Australia's housing market looks to be on the verge of a downturn as higher interest rates and stretched affordability weigh on demand.......
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifts interest rates to 4.35% At its meeting yesterday, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 4.35%.......
The Big-Four Banks recorded a total of $43 Billion profit in one year According to The Australia Institute data, Australia's big four banks (CBA, NAB, Westpac, and ANZ) generated approximately $16.......
Movement in median property prices in Australia's major cities Cotality's national home value index rose 0.3% in April, the slowest pace of growth since January 2025, just ahead of last year's rate-cutting cycle.......
The Rich getting Richer, while the Working Class Less Fortunate Australians Suffer Suffering the Fool, the Rich are getting Richer, while the Working Class and less fortunate Suffer as they are pushed out of the market due to the majority of properties be......
Housing growth faster than population, dwellings increased 19% population increased 16% Factcheck: Are population growth and a lack of supply driving the housing crisis? (no) The Senate Select Committee on the Operation of the Capital Gains Tax Discount t......
Interest rate rise, on 17.03.26 the RBA increase the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.10% While inflation has fallen substantially since its peak in 2022, it picked up materially in the second half of 2025.......
Housing market splits as Perth, Brisbane Adelaide climbs, while Sydney Melbourne flatten Australia's housing market has split into two speeds with Perth is surging (+2.......
Regional property markets surge as capital city growth cools Regional property markets are now outperforming capital cities, with dwelling values up 3.2% over the three months to January versus 2.......
Land prices surge as demand outstrips supply in red-hot property market Median land values rose by more than $200,000 in just 12 months in one Aussie city, as demand continues to outstrip supply in this red-hot region.......
Rents have surged nearly 3-Times Faster than Wages, driving affordability to record lows Rents have surged nearly three times faster than wages over the past five years, with national rents up 43.9% compared with 17.......
Powerful start to 2026 Property Auction clearance The start of the 2026 auction season has been surprisingly strong, with the preliminary clearance rate rebounding from the low 60% range in mid-December to last week's result of 73.......
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raises cash rate to 3.85% At its meeting today, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85%.......
Australian home values rose by 0.8% in January Australian home values rose 0.8% in January. Sydney and Melbourne weighed on the headline results with marginal gains following slight falls in December.......
History shows property value growth sometimes defies expectations.......
Australia's property market maintaining strength Cotality Home Value Index surged 8.6% higher in 2025, adding approximately $71,400 to the national median dwelling value.......
Australian housing market update for December 2025 National home values rose 1.0% in November (slowing from 1.1% in October), marking the third consecutive month of 1%+ growth. Mid-Sized Cities Lead the Surge: Perth (2.4%), Brisbane (1.......
Latest research forecasts Australian capital city home prices could rise 6-10% in 2026 SQM Research forecasts Australian capital city home prices will rise 6-10% next year, with every capital city tipped to grow under all economic scenarios with Perth, Br......
RBA keeps interest rates unchanged at 3.60% At its meeting held on 09/12/2025, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board, decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 3.......
Interesting interest rates future speculation ANZ has revised its rates forecast ruling out any further rate cuts, joining the CBA and NAB, stating that the cash rate is likely to stay on hold through 2026, leaving Westpac standing alone with its expectat......
Australia's national home prices continue rising, leaving many without hope Australia's national home prices have risen 0.5% in November even though growth had slowed compared to October, with national prices rising 8.......
Australia's property growth increases residential rental vacancies rise A rise in Australian home values by 1.1% was recorded in October, the fastest monthly gain since June 2023, elevating the national annual growth rate to 6.1%.......
RBA Rates on hold, Property value strongest monthly increase since 2023. On the 4th of November the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) made the decision to keep the cash rate at 3.......
Australia's capital cities house prices have risen 1.1% over the September quarter, making it the 7th consecutive month of positive growth.......
Inflation jumps above economists' and the Reserve Bank's expectations Inflation jumped 1.3% in the September quarter, above economists' and the Reserve Bank's own expectations. That is likely to rule out a cut in interest rates next week.......
Rental growth re-accelerates amid tightest vacancy rate on record The median weekly rental value across Australia's combined capital cities is now $702 per week.......
Property values gain pace heading into Spring Australian housing markets are gathering strength as we head further into spring, with September marking the strongest monthly gain for national dwelling values since October 2023.......
Property prices from the Gold Coast to Northern NSW are closing in on Sydney, with values surging almost 9% The latest PropTrack Home Price Index, out Monday, found the median house price was now $1.......
Buyer demand is outpacing supply, with advertised listings 20% below average and auction clearance rates hitting 70%, the highest since early 2024.......
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) drops rates from 3.85% to 3.6% The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announces a 0.25% cut to the official cash rate, dropping it from 3.85% to 3.......
Momentum returns to residential markets as buyers respond to rate relief The Australian residential property market continues to be shaped by the fundamental forces of supply and demand, with 2025 proving to be a year of cautious optimism following a peri......
Australia's national dwelling values on the rise by 0.6% in July 2025 Australia's national dwelling values rose by 0.6% in July, with the rate of growth holding firm relative to the prior two months.......
Construction costs picked up slightly to grow 0.5% over the June quarter, according to Cotality's latest Cordell Construction Cost Index (CCCI). The latest data follows a 0.......
World Bank warns that changes are coming in the global economy The World Bank's just released flagship report Global Economic Prospects sounds a warning for the global economy, which is projected to slow dangerously through the next few years, while also ......
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) blindsided the nation's economists by keeping interest rates at 3.......
Murdoch's News Corp has moved into the mortgage business. Where are the regulators? If you want to advertise a house online in Australia, you don't have many options. Just two companies dominate the market.......
Average income means Home ownership is out of reach for many as Housing values rise across every capital in May.......
The recent Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate cut to 3.85% will support housing markets, but don't expect a boom in housing prices until affordability improves. The cash rate marks a further shift toward more accommodative monetary policy.......
Eliza Owen from Corlogic has analysed the uncomfortable question at the heart of the housing policy debate - should home values come down? Housing has become one of the defining issues of the 2025 Federal Election.......
Australian home values were up 0.4% CoreLogic's April Home Value Index (HVI) has been released with all the latest must-know property market metrics, including: Australian home values were up 0.......
Reserve Bank of Australia cuts rates by 25 basis points The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has decreased the cash rate by 0.25% to 4.1%. The RBA has reduced the cash rate from a thirteen-year high of 4.35% to 4.1%.......
Australian property market maintains strength ANZ have updated their housing price forecasts and expect capital city housing prices to grow 2.7% in 2025 before lifting 4.1% in 2026.......
Australia's Gold Coast property market remains strong In the face of elevated interest rates and global uncertainty, the Australian housing market demonstrated surprising resilience throughout 2024 with the number of home sales increasing 8% on the previo......
Australia's property market reaches total value of $11 trillion Australia's property market has reached a new milestone, with the total value of residential real estate climbing to $11 trillion for the first time, increasing by $900 billion over the past ......
National home values increased 0.5% in the month of August, the 19th consecutive month of increase in home values. However, the pace of growth is showing clear signs of slowing. National home values increased 0.......
The Gold Coast has excelled to one of the Nation's strongest property markets, but over the years the Gold Coast's boom and bust history caused by volatility and fluctuation in oversupply of high-rise apartments and a highly transient population.......
Vendor Buyer activity high except in Victoria and Tasmania Over the past four weeks CoreLogic tracked 38,258 freshly advertised properties, almost 18% more than at the same time last year and 7.7% above the previous five-year average.......
Earth moving machinery is expected to begin the construction on the first major development along "The Spit" on the Southport Broadwater, north of Surfers Paradise, which is the first development on the Spit for over 20 years.......
CoreLogic's national Home Value Index (HVI) rose 0.6% in March, on par with February's increase, taking the current upswing in housing values through its 14th straight month of growth. Since declining -7.......
Housing values posted a broad-based rise in February with CoreLogic's national Home Value Index (HVI) up 0.6% in February. The 20-basis point acceleration from the 0.4% increase seen in January was the strongest monthly gain since October last year.......
Cost of building new homes rose by 0.8% in the three months to December 2023, with building approvals Decreasing. While the cost of building a new house rose 0.......
Australia's rental crisis has crashed to a new low with fresh data revealing affordability is at its lowest level in 17 years.......
Gold Coast High-Rise Apartments to Triple due to Densification.......
The Spit on the Gold Coast undergoes over a Billion Dollars in Developments. Queensland's last remaining fishing co-op has been released to the market for a marine tourism development.......
RBA Cash Rate stays firm at 4.35% for Christmas. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left the cash rate at 4.......
Gold Coast's First Surf Park Wins Council Backing The council in one of Australia's surfing heartlands the Gold Coast has thrown its support behind plans for the city's first wave park.......
Regional markets still reeling from rising rates and shifting migration patterns Despite regional housing values rising for the past five months, a new analysis of year-on-year performance shows many markets are still reeling from high interest rates and ......
Gold Coast infrastructure projects equate to healthy property investment option. Just two of the big infrastructure projects on the Gold Coast are obvious reasons that growth is rapidly increasing which makes property investment a healthy option.......
Smooth sailing for July after 12 rate rises in a row the RBA keeps cash-rate at 4.1% After 12 rate rises in a row the RBA keeps rate at 4.......
CoreLogic's national Home Value Index (HVI) has recorded a third consecutive monthly rise, with the pace of growth accelerating sharply to 1.2% in May. After finding a floor in February, home values increased 0.6% and 0.......
Interest rates up to 3.85% and Off-The-Plan Buyers nervous. With the RBA raising the interest rate to 3.......
National home values up 0.6% in March After remaining virtually flat in February (-0.1%), CoreLogic's national Home Value Index (HVI) posted the first month-on-month rise since April 2022, up 0.6% in March.......
Interest rates push $600,000 mortgage payments from $2,600 to $3,680 per month. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised interest rates 0.25% yesterday the 7th of March 2023, raising the cash rate from a record low of 0.1% in May 2022 to 3.......
$300 Million Mantaray Marina and Residences at The-Spit on the Gold Coast. The Spit just north of Surfers Paradise is now the focus of a $1.......
RBA interest rates climb but who can govern the big banks? The table of records below show the percentage change in the cash rate and changes taken from the RBA website. 7 March 2023 +0.25 3.60 8 Feb 2023 +0.25 3.35 7 Dec 2022 +0.25 3.10 2 Nov 2022 +0.......
Regional Queensland is still the big draw card for Australia's shifting population.......
The most expensive home ever auctioned in Queensland sells $42 Million.......
Huge investments in Build-to-Rent developments while housing supply and rental vacancies tighten.......
Property sales slowing but rental supply short as the rich get richer and the needy suffer Australian Renters are still in a negative position with rental shortages and exorbitant prices holding firm.......
RBA raises cash rate for the 8th month in a row from 2.85% to 3.1% The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has raised rates for the 8th month in a row from 2.85% to 3.1%, lifting the official cash rate to its highest level in 10 years.......
Queensland landmark energy plan blows out by $14 Billion The Queensland Government's energy plan would need $76 billion in investment in real terms by 2040, not the $62 billion currently quoted by the Government, according to the latest EY reports and mod......
Australia is under-supplied of 26,000 New Homes that were not built After one of Australia's biggest property booms, we are still around 26,000 new homes short of the needed supply.......
CoreLogic's home value index shows that Brisbane's house prices slumped by 2% in October, a sharper fall than in any other capital and their largest monthly decline on record. But Brisbane had a more substantial upswing of 42.7% compared to Sydney's 27.......
. . . Rentals tighten, growth eases, constraints are working Australia's rental market continues to tighten to record levels, the pace of rental growth has started to ease, suggesting affordability constraints are having an impact.......
. . . Reserve Bank of Australia raises cash rate by .25% to 2.60% At its meeting on 4 October 2022, the RBA Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 2.60 per cent.......
. . . Queensland Population Boom is good for some and sad for others The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recent National, State and Territory Population release shows our national population grew by 0.5% during 2021.......
. . . Build costs soar more than $94,000 in 15 months Housing Industry Association (HIA) stats reveal house building costs jump by $94,000 in the strongest rise since 1982: ABS.......
. . . RBA and Bank interest rates into the great unknown The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has raised the cash rate by 50 basis points in July, taking it up to 1.35%. Australia's major banks fix rates are anywhere from 1.75% to 2.......
. . . CoreLogic's Cordell Construction Cost Index (CCCI) for Q1 2022 showed national residential construction costs increased 9% over the 12 months to March 2022, the highest annual growth rate on record outside of the introduction of the GST (10.......
. . . REA supports off-site construction homes that help ease the shortage. Homes that were built off-site are being transported to their destination on the Gold Coast to help families who need housing.......
. . . Queensland rental crisis hurts tenants and rewards investors It's a sad situation for people who need affordable accommodation in Queensland as rental crisis pushes people to the brink.......
. . . The Gold Coast Australia's Favourite City Queensland's population has spiked faster than any other state or territory, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.......
. . . Queensland Commits $1.1bn to Pre-Olympic Rail Upgrades More than a billion dollars will be spent to bring the Brisbane-Gold Coast rail link up to scratch before the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic games. The $1.......
. . . Once upon a time the Gold Coast was based on Tourism, Construction, and Retail Trade, but this beautiful Region is maturing into a sustainable location with stability and serious long-term growth.......
. . . Property prices raised by 6.7% or $50,000 in the June quarter 2021 According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), property prices are now up 16.......
. . . Very sad situation when young Families cannot afford to buy a home Australian housing prices rise at a rate not seen since 1989 According to CoreLogic's national home value index prices rose another 1.......
. . . Property buyer demand has reached record high levels Property buyer demand has reached record high levels through extended Covid-19 lockdowns in Australia's biggest property markets with purchasers having limited choice as prices continue to rise.......
. . Australian property prices are $103,400 higher than last year, CoreLogic says Sydney's median property price lifted 1.8pc to $1.04 million in August.......
. . . Record Sales Absorb Gold Coast Apartment Supply Red-hot demand due to pandemic-inspired sea-changers and downsizers has led to record apartment sales on the Gold Coast, dragging supply levels to new historical lows.......
. . Building demand drives 1.4% quarterly increase in construction costs CoreLogic's national measure of residential construction costs show an increase of 1.4% in the three months to June 2021, outpacing the Consumer Price Index of 0.......
. . . . No End to Global House Price Surge The current residential boom is unlikely to bust thanks to housing undersupply, high employment levels and a strong economic forecast underpinning the market, according to new research.......
. . . Property values up 13.5% last financial year plus 1.6% in July National home values rose 1.9% in June, taking annual growth to 13.5% for the financial year. The growth in Australian dwelling values was led by houses, which rose 15.......
