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Australian home prices rose across the combined capital cities for the sixth...
July 26, 2024 4 min read
There have been plenty of doom and gloom stories in the media lately about property...
July 25, 2024 5 min read
New data from REA Group’s PropTrack shows rents have increased 9.1% nationally since...
July 23, 2024 3 min read
Australia will fall more than 260,000 homes short of the nationally agreed target of...
July 22, 2024 3 min read
Regional migration continues to dominate Australian housing trends, with...
July 19, 2024 5 min read
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has raised more questions...
July 18, 2024 4 min read
If you are over 45, you may remember a catchy 1986 song by folk-rock duo Timbuk 3...
July 17, 2024 4 min read
With the end of the 2023-24 financial year, you may have seen news stories looking...
July 16, 2024 6 min read
After years of high costs, labour shortages, insolvencies, and squeezed profit...
July 11, 2024 3 min read
Despite an ongoing housing crisis and tough economic times, one in six Australians...
July 9, 2024 5 min read
With recent higher-than-expected monthly inflation data for the year to May 2024,...
July 8, 2024 4 min read
New data shows that there’s been a small rise in the latest housing approvals...
July 4, 2024 4 min read
Domain Group has released its latest quarterly rent report, claiming that “renters...
July 4, 2024 4 min read
One of Australia’s most experienced property investment figures says that recent...
July 3, 2024 5 min read
Several leading property experts have released home price forecasts for the new...
July 2, 2024 3 min read
As a new financial year begins, there’s welcome news for Australians who own...
July 1, 2024 4 min read
This week’s hotter-than-expected inflation data and its implications for interest...
June 28, 2024 4 min read
The latest monthly inflation figures will come as grim news to Australians with a...
June 26, 2024 4 min read
It’s the end of the financial year.
June 25, 2024 4 min read
Property in Melbourne has copped a lot of bad press lately.
June 24, 2024 3 min read
With the end of the financial year in sight, property analyst Domain Group has...
June 20, 2024 3 min read
The New South Wales Labor government of Premier Chris Minns has put addressing the...
June 19, 2024 5 min read
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to keep official...
June 18, 2024 4 min read
An international study says housing in Australia’s five biggest cities is severely...
June 17, 2024 3 min read
After several years of extraordinary growth, Brisbane has re-claimed the title of...
June 14, 2024 5 min read
The Queensland state government’s decision to deliver a big-spending budget,...
June 13, 2024 5 min read
Three pieces of research, all from the ANZ Bank, paint a very good picture of the...
June 12, 2024 4 min read
If the recent flood event, which saw communities near Sydney evacuated and isolated...
June 11, 2024 5 min read
In an ambitious move to tackle the ongoing housing crisis, the New South Wales...
June 7, 2024 5 min read
Investors have continued to shrug off spiralling home prices and the highest...
June 6, 2024 3 min read
The latest economic growth figures have underlined the Australian economy's overall...
June 5, 2024 4 min read
National home values rose 0.8% in May, according to new data from CoreLogic, setting...
June 3, 2024 4 min read
The latest official building approvals data has underlined the challenges in...
May 31, 2024 5 min read
A new analysis of Australia’s most expensive property market shows some Sydney...
May 30, 2024 4 min read
The prospect of a cut in official interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia...
May 29, 2024 4 min read
Campaigners for greater density in Australian cities are set to embark on their...
May 28, 2024 3 min read
New data shows that home values in around 40% of Australia’s largest regional...
May 27, 2024 4 min read
Already reeling from a housing crisis that has sent home prices and rents soaring,...
May 24, 2024 3 min read
There’s renewed hope of interest rate cuts in Australia starting later this year,...
May 22, 2024 4 min read
New data from REA Group’s PropTrack shows that overseas interest in buying and...
May 21, 2024 3 min read
It’s now clear that housing is going to be one of the critical policy battlegrounds...
May 20, 2024 5 min read
New data from REA Group’s PropTrack shows that conditions for tenants eased only...
May 17, 2024 4 min read
As I predicted, the Albanese Labor government has put housing front and centre in...
May 15, 2024 4 min read
The Albanese Labor government will put housing front and centre in this week’s...
May 13, 2024 4 min read
An interesting experiment is playing out involving property owners and investors on...
May 10, 2024 4 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided at its recent May board meeting to leave...
May 9, 2024 4 min read
A major report to the Federal government has confirmed there will be a shortage of...
May 8, 2024 4 min read
The Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to keep the cash rate...
May 7, 2024 4 min read
New figures show the median weekly rent in Australia has hit a new record high of...
May 6, 2024 3 min read
Just days after Treasurer Jim Chalmers again ruled out changes to negative gearing...
May 6, 2024 6 min read
Two sets of figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) this week...
May 3, 2024 4 min read
Two new reports from leading data analytics firms show property prices are on track...
May 1, 2024 5 min read
It’s now official.
April 30, 2024 9 min read
Last week’s quarterly inflation figures were grim reading for Australians with a...
April 29, 2024 5 min read
Quarterly inflation numbers, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS),...
April 24, 2024 4 min read
New data from Domain Group shows Australian home prices have hit another record high...
April 24, 2024 5 min read
There’s an old joke: What happens when you put ten economists in a room?
April 23, 2024 3 min read
REA Group’s data business, PropTrack, has identified the regions of Australia where...
April 22, 2024 4 min read
Housing affordability in Australia has deteriorated for buyers and is getting worse,...
April 19, 2024 6 min read
Over the last month or so, there’s been a noticeable shift in the expectations of...
April 18, 2024 6 min read
Two property analytics firms have both recorded new median rental price records in...
April 16, 2024 4 min read
Worsening housing affordability, chronic supply shortage, and rising demand are...
April 15, 2024 5 min read
New data from Australia’s largest bank has smashed several popular myths about...
April 12, 2024 4 min read
Three new data sets provide evidence that some of the enormous challenges facing the...
April 11, 2024 4 min read
Australia’s rental housing market remains tight, and there’s unlikely to be a let-up...
April 10, 2024 3 min read
Australian residential property prices - already growing strongly this year - are...
April 9, 2024 4 min read
The Albanese government’s aim of building 1.2 million more “well-located” and...
April 5, 2024 3 min read
One of Australia’s most experienced real estate professionals says governments could...
April 5, 2024 4 min read
New figures from CoreLogic show Australia’s residential property market is on track...
April 3, 2024 3 min read
Every house and unit seller in more than 300 local government areas (LGAs)...
April 2, 2024 4 min read
The next federal election - due at the latest by the end of September 2025 - will...
April 1, 2024 5 min read
Governments have been warned they’ll need to find 90,000 extra construction workers...
March 29, 2024 4 min read
Australians with a mortgage can breathe a bit easier today, following the release of...
March 27, 2024 4 min read
There’s no question Australia is in the grip of a housing crisis, fueled by rapid...
March 26, 2024 5 min read
Hopes for interest rate relief any time soon for households struggling with high...
March 25, 2024 4 min read
There’s no doubt that Perth has been one of the stand-out performers when it comes...
March 20, 2024 4 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to leave the cash rate on hold at...
March 19, 2024 5 min read
Many potential buyers find themselves ready to step onto the property ladder, but...
March 18, 2024 5 min read
More than a quarter of all homes sold across NSW, Victoria, and Queensland in 2023...
March 15, 2024 4 min read
It’s now been four years since the WHO declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic.
March 14, 2024 5 min read
These days you can buy all sorts of analytical tools, computer programs, and...
March 13, 2024 3 min read
Australians are ignoring a lot of the negative economic news that’s around at the...
March 12, 2024 3 min read
The Australian Greens have unveiled a new policy to address Australia’s chronic...
March 8, 2024 4 min read
One of Australia’s most astute property observers is predicting many cashed-up Baby...
March 6, 2024 4 min read
The outgoing chief of one of Australia’s big four banks has taken a shot at state...
March 5, 2024 3 min read
Australia’s sixth largest bank is predicting that Melbourne house prices will grow...
March 4, 2024 4 min read
Australian home prices rose in February, according to new figures from CoreLogic,...
March 1, 2024 4 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is likely to keep the cash rate on hold at its...
February 28, 2024 4 min read
Housing values in regional areas of Australia are growing faster than home prices in...
February 27, 2024 4 min read
The spotlight has been on ANZ Bank lately following the controversial decision to...
February 27, 2024 4 min read
There’s no question that Australia is one of the most expensive places on earth to...
February 23, 2024 4 min read
We’ve heard a lot lately about the growing wealth divide between people who own...
February 22, 2024 4 min read
Since late last year, most banks, economists and the financial markets have been...
February 20, 2024 5 min read
Bernard Salt is one of Australia’s best-known social demographers.
February 19, 2024 6 min read
There’s no debate that housing in Sydney is expensive, and not just by Australian...
February 17, 2024 4 min read
Australia’s housing market started the year on a stronger footing compared to 2023,...
February 16, 2024 5 min read
You might have seen a lot of commentary around last year about how investors were...
February 14, 2024 4 min read
He may have lost two Federal elections, but former Labor leader Bill Shorten hasn’t...
February 13, 2024 5 min read
Australia’s state and territory governments are having a disproportionate effect on...
February 12, 2024 5 min read
The main reaction to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board’s first interest rate...
February 9, 2024 6 min read
As widely expected, the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left...
February 6, 2024 8 min read
New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the size of the...
February 5, 2024 5 min read
The housing price upswing that saw prices surge by 8.1% in 2023 has carried over...
February 2, 2024 4 min read
REA Group’s PropTrack says the supply of properties available for rental in...
February 1, 2024 4 min read
Inflation fell faster in the December quarter of 2023 than forecasters, the money...
January 31, 2024 5 min read
Australia’s housing market has recovered from the downturn that saw prices slide...
January 26, 2024 5 min read
After months of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally announced...
January 25, 2024 4 min read
New figures have underlined the extent of Australia’s extremely tight housing...
January 24, 2024 4 min read
40 major social service and community housing groups recently came together to pen...
January 22, 2024 4 min read
While most observers obsess over house price movements in Sydney, Melbourne, and...
January 20, 2024 4 min read
Times have been tough lately for many Australian households - particularly those...
January 19, 2024 4 min read
At Australian Property Update, we report on the trends and factors affecting the...
January 17, 2024 5 min read
Data from two of the biggest property research houses - Domain and PropTrack - shows...
January 15, 2024 3 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will almost certainly keep interest rates on...
January 11, 2024 4 min read
Western Australia has thrown struggling builders a lifeline, offering them...
January 10, 2024 3 min read
The Prime Minister has put Australian local councils on notice to speed up approvals...
January 9, 2024 3 min read
Recently, one of my friends drove from Melbourne to Sydney and back to Melbourne...
January 8, 2024 3 min read
Australian homeowners struggling with high mortgage repayments can expect some...
January 7, 2024 4 min read
It’s part of the Great Australian Dream - putting down a deposit on your first home.
January 6, 2024 4 min read
For many years, one-bedroom units have been shunned by the investing community.
January 5, 2024 4 min read
Australian home prices rose an impressive 8.1% during 2023, according to the latest...
January 5, 2024 4 min read
One of Australia’s shrewdest property watchers, John Lindeman, has unveiled his...
January 4, 2024 5 min read
Making predictions about what life will be like in the future is not easy.
January 3, 2024 4 min read
In August 2023, the Prime Minister secured an important national agreement to...
January 2, 2024 5 min read
With all the major forecasters now having revealed their thoughts for the property...
January 1, 2024 6 min read
As I write this, we’re near the end of 2023.
December 31, 2023 4 min read
Just over a quarter of a century ago, Australia fell in love with the Kerrigans -...
December 30, 2023 4 min read
As house prices increase, it becomes more and more difficult to save enough money to...
December 29, 2023 3 min read
Australians have been obsessed with real estate.
December 28, 2023 3 min read
2023 was an unusual year for residential property.
December 27, 2023 4 min read
The topic of inflation has recently consumed headlines across the globe, causing...
December 25, 2023 4 min read
Investing in property is often seen as the domain of the wealthy.
December 24, 2023 3 min read
A few of the most common questions asked by property investors - “Why should I...
December 23, 2023 4 min read
Home loans are often the greatest expense in a household, especially when interest...
December 21, 2023 4 min read
With just days to go before the end of the year, most of the major property...
December 20, 2023 4 min read
Australian residential property has had an extraordinary 2023, with buyers shrugging...
December 19, 2023 4 min read
One of the main barriers to homeownership for young and lower-income Australians is...
December 18, 2023 4 min read
If you are considering investing in Australian residential property, knowing what...
December 17, 2023 4 min read
There are many ways of measuring and comparing growth when it comes to Australia’s...
December 16, 2023 4 min read
Do ghosts actually qualify as tenants?
December 15, 2023 3 min read
One of Australia’s leading property experts says Melbourne now presents good...
December 14, 2023 4 min read
The Federal government has announced a sweeping overhaul of migration to Australia,...
December 13, 2023 4 min read
The scale of the current housing crisis in Australia has been highlighted by new...
December 12, 2023 3 min read
Canberra has taken the title of the second most affordable capital city to rent in,...
December 11, 2023 3 min read
The Golden Slipper - the world's richest race for two-year-old thoroughbreds could...
December 10, 2023 4 min read
Many Australians would argue that 2023 has been a pretty gloomy year.
December 9, 2023 4 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to keep the cash rate on hold at 4.35% at...
December 8, 2023 4 min read
Building approvals for the 12 months to October plunged to a decade low, according...
December 7, 2023 4 min read
The Reserve Bank has delivered a Christmas respite for Australians with a mortgage,...
December 6, 2023 3 min read
New figures show some of the heat has come out of the housing market, with more...
December 5, 2023 4 min read
One of the more bizarre aspects of the hype surrounding the departure of former...
December 4, 2023 6 min read
If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, you might have come across some...
December 3, 2023 6 min read
Alan Kohler is one of Australia’s finest financial and business journalists.
December 2, 2023 6 min read
If you have been paying close attention to property news recently, you would have...
December 1, 2023 6 min read
Could the release of monthly inflation data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics...
November 30, 2023 4 min read
People often ask me why I am so optimistic about the outlook for continued strong...
November 29, 2023 4 min read
Immigration has always been at the heart of our nation’s growth.
November 28, 2023 3 min read
Some people insist you should only invest in capital cities. Others swear that...
November 27, 2023 3 min read
One of the big drivers of housing demand is access to finance.
November 26, 2023 4 min read
Do you get annoyed when people say, “I told you so!”
November 25, 2023 4 min read
We’re not called the Lucky Country for nothing. A stable economy, a strong housing...
November 24, 2023 3 min read
When you have:
November 23, 2023 3 min read
In theory, house prices shouldn’t be going up.
November 22, 2023 4 min read
Australians have long held an obsession with property, as a means to provide...
November 21, 2023 4 min read
There’s no doubt about it.
November 17, 2023 4 min read
Australia is facing a worsening housing crisis, with house prices reaching new...
November 16, 2023 5 min read
Barely a day goes by without a heartbreaking story of a young couple losing their...
November 15, 2023 5 min read
With so much attention focused on the blue chip cities of Sydney, Melbourne and...
November 14, 2023 3 min read
Australia's housing crisis is intensifying, and renters are feeling the squeeze more...
November 13, 2023 3 min read
The Australian property market is witnessing a significant shift driven by the...
November 12, 2023 3 min read
What if you had advanced knowledge of a certain market segment which is set to ...
November 11, 2023 3 min read
Have you ever considered moving to Brisbane?
November 10, 2023 2 min read
Conventional wisdom says you invest in the land component.
November 9, 2023 3 min read
Going back 6 months, even 3 months, I’d have rated the chances of a rate rise at 50%...
November 8, 2023 2 min read
Forget capital growth.
November 7, 2023 3 min read
New loan commitments for investment loans increased 2 percent throughout September,...
November 6, 2023 4 min read
October saw house prices notch a 9th consecutive month of growth, with CoreLogic...
November 3, 2023 5 min read
In August this year, the National Cabinet agreed to build 1.2 million new homes over...
November 2, 2023 6 min read
One of the most important investment decisions most people make is where to allocate...
November 1, 2023 9 min read
The housing crisis is still out of control. And looking at our sea of politicians...
October 31, 2023 3 min read
New developments in Australia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) measurements across the...
October 30, 2023 5 min read
Construction costs might be easing off a bit, but they're still higher than what we...
October 27, 2023 3 min read
One thing that's absolutely certain is that property has stood the test of time as...
October 26, 2023 4 min read
The Labor government’s Housing Australia Future Fund Bill has finally received the...
September 29, 2023 4 min read
The combined value of Australia’s residential property market has hit a whopping $10...
September 28, 2023 3 min read
A parliamentary inquiry into Victoria’s land transfer duty fees has deemed stamp...
September 27, 2023 3 min read
The Reserve Bank has again opted to keep the cash rate on hold at 4.1 percent, for...
September 26, 2023 3 min read
House prices in August experienced further increases, with CoreLogic’s national Home...
September 25, 2023 3 min read
NSW treasurer, Daniel Mookhey, handed down Labor’s first state budget in a decade...
September 25, 2023 3 min read
It’s already an issue high on the national agenda - the skills shortage that...
September 23, 2023 4 min read
CoreLogic released their Property Market Indicator Summary last week, and it...
September 23, 2023 3 min read
Data from a collaboration between Commonwealth Bank and the NHFIC has unveiled that...
September 22, 2023 3 min read
Just last week, the Albanese government announced an ambitious target to build 1.2...
September 21, 2023 3 min read
Spring is upon us which means we’ve entered the season for selling, when home buying...
September 1, 2023 4 min read
Speaking at the 49th national conference of the Australian Labor Party today,...
August 23, 2023 3 min read
Australia’s housing shortage was the main agenda of yesterday’s national cabinet...
August 23, 2023 3 min read
The Property Council’s CEO, Cath Evans, appeared on ABC News this morning, speaking...
August 23, 2023 2 min read
CoreLogic released their monthly housing chart pack this week and their chart of the...
August 22, 2023 3 min read
So you’ve taken the leap of faith and finally bought your first investment...
August 22, 2023 4 min read
Just last year, gloomy headlines swirled about the ‘fixed-rate’ cliff that...
August 22, 2023 4 min read
