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I recently wrote about the key population statistics that impact...
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CoreLogic’s latest housing chart pack clearly shows the strong...
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New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics underlines the...
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Recent data has shown that Australian home price growth is slowing as...
October 7, 2024 5 min read
New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show...
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If you scan newspaper headlines, you might think that Australia’s...
October 4, 2024 5 min read
You may have seen in the news recently that Australia’s population...
October 2, 2024 5 min read
New home value and price data from two major real estate analytics...
October 1, 2024 5 min read
Almost exactly two years ago, a major Australian investment bank...
September 30, 2024 4 min read
The Albanese government is again mulling changes to the rules...
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New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows...
September 25, 2024 4 min read
The board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to keep...
September 24, 2024 4 min read
Housing affordability in Australia has deteriorated over the past...
September 23, 2024 5 min read
America’s central bank has slashed interest rates, in a move that...
September 19, 2024 4 min read
A major survey of Australian property investors points to an even...
September 18, 2024 4 min read
Politicians often say things that don’t make a lot of sense or are...
September 17, 2024 5 min read
A major economic forecaster says interest rate cuts are unlikely in...
September 16, 2024 4 min read
Brisbane recently gained the dubious distinction of having the second...
September 13, 2024 5 min read
New data from the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) shows...
September 11, 2024 5 min read
A new forecast shows Australia is moving further and further away...
September 10, 2024 5 min read
Lured by a very tight rental market and good yields, investors are...
September 9, 2024 4 min read
The Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock has doubled down on her...
September 6, 2024 5 min read
If you suffer from hayfever, you’ve no doubt already had a physical...
September 5, 2024 7 min read
New economic growth data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics...
September 4, 2024 4 min read
New data from two analytics firms shows that Australian residential...
September 2, 2024 5 min read
If you suffer from hay fever, you’ll no doubt already have had a...
August 30, 2024 5 min read
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows annual...
August 28, 2024 4 min read
A new report from property analytics company Hotspotting and...
August 27, 2024 5 min read
Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) August decision to...
August 26, 2024 5 min read
Australia’s holiday mecca - the Gold Coast - now boasts the second...
August 23, 2024 4 min read
Everyone loves a bit of good-natured rivalry, so when Adelaide was...
August 21, 2024 5 min read
As part of a ministerial and cabinet reshuffle to reset and prepare...
August 20, 2024 5 min read
Two of Australia’s big four banks have released new housing...
August 19, 2024 4 min read
A legendary property industry veteran says the current high interest...
August 16, 2024 3 min read
Comparison website Finder.com has just unveiled its latest list of...
August 14, 2024 4 min read
New data from REA Group’s PropTrack shows rental vacancy rates across...
August 13, 2024 4 min read
There have been plenty of recent claims that rental...
August 12, 2024 5 min read
There’s been a lot of talk lately—particularly from politicians,...
August 9, 2024 5 min read
The building industry has warned that investment in new homes in...
August 7, 2024 5 min read
The Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to keep...
August 6, 2024 4 min read
New loan data has underlined the strength of the property market,...
August 5, 2024 4 min read
New figures for July 2024 from two different data houses show...
August 1, 2024 5 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is unlikely to raise interest...
July 31, 2024 4 min read
The Federal’s government’s ambition to build 1.2 million affordable...
July 30, 2024 4 min read
A body that represents hundreds of people working in the property...
July 29, 2024 4 min read
Australian home prices rose across the combined capital cities for...
July 26, 2024 4 min read
There have been plenty of doom and gloom stories in the media lately...
July 25, 2024 5 min read
New data from REA Group’s PropTrack shows rents have increased 9.1%...
July 23, 2024 3 min read
Australia will fall more than 260,000 homes short of the nationally...
July 22, 2024 3 min read
Regional migration continues to dominate Australian housing trends,...
July 19, 2024 5 min read
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has raised...
July 18, 2024 4 min read
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July 17, 2024 4 min read
With the end of the 2023-24 financial year, you may have seen news...
July 16, 2024 7 min read
After years of high costs, labour shortages, insolvencies, and...
July 11, 2024 3 min read
Despite an ongoing housing crisis and tough economic times, one in...
July 9, 2024 5 min read
With recent higher-than-expected monthly inflation data for the year...
July 8, 2024 5 min read
New data shows that there’s been a small rise in the latest housing...
July 4, 2024 5 min read
Domain Group has released its latest quarterly rent report, claiming...
July 4, 2024 4 min read
One of Australia’s most experienced property investment figures says...
July 3, 2024 5 min read
Several leading property experts have released home price forecasts...
July 2, 2024 4 min read
As a new financial year begins, there’s welcome news for Australians...
July 1, 2024 4 min read
This week’s hotter-than-expected inflation data and its implications...
June 28, 2024 4 min read
The latest monthly inflation figures will come as grim news to...
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 4 min read
With the end of the financial year in sight, property analyst Domain...
June 20, 2024 3 min read
The New South Wales Labor government of Premier Chris Minns has put...
June 19, 2024 5 min read
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to keep...
June 18, 2024 4 min read
An international study says housing in Australia’s five biggest...
June 17, 2024 4 min read
After several years of extraordinary growth, Brisbane has re-claimed...
June 14, 2024 5 min read
The Queensland state government’s decision to deliver a big-spending...
June 13, 2024 5 min read
Three pieces of research, all from the ANZ Bank, paint a very good...
June 12, 2024 5 min read
If the recent flood event, which saw communities near Sydney...
June 11, 2024 6 min read
In an ambitious move to tackle the ongoing housing crisis, the New...
June 7, 2024 5 min read
Investors have continued to shrug off spiralling home prices and the...
June 6, 2024 3 min read
The latest economic growth figures have underlined the Australian...
June 5, 2024 4 min read
National home values rose 0.8% in May, according to new data from...
June 3, 2024 5 min read
The latest official building approvals data has underlined the...
May 31, 2024 5 min read
A new analysis of Australia’s most expensive property market shows...
May 30, 2024 5 min read
The prospect of a cut in official interest rates by the Reserve Bank...
May 29, 2024 4 min read
Campaigners for greater density in Australian cities are set to...
May 28, 2024 4 min read
New data shows that home values in around 40% of Australia’s largest...
May 27, 2024 4 min read
Already reeling from a housing crisis that has sent home prices and...
May 24, 2024 3 min read
There’s renewed hope of interest rate cuts in Australia starting...
May 22, 2024 4 min read
New data from REA Group’s PropTrack shows that overseas interest in...
May 21, 2024 4 min read
It’s now clear that housing is going to be one of the critical policy...
May 20, 2024 6 min read
New data from REA Group’s PropTrack shows that conditions for tenants...
May 17, 2024 4 min read
As I predicted, the Albanese Labor government has put housing front...
May 15, 2024 5 min read
The Albanese Labor government will put housing front and centre in...
May 13, 2024 4 min read
An interesting experiment is playing out involving property owners...
May 10, 2024 5 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided at its recent May board...
May 9, 2024 4 min read
A major report to the Federal government has confirmed there will be...
May 8, 2024 4 min read
The Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to keep...
May 7, 2024 4 min read
New figures show the median weekly rent in Australia has hit a new...
May 6, 2024 3 min read
Just days after Treasurer Jim Chalmers again ruled out changes to...
May 6, 2024 6 min read
Two sets of figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics...
May 3, 2024 4 min read
Two new reports from leading data analytics firms show property...
May 1, 2024 5 min read
It’s now official.
April 30, 2024 10 min read
Last week’s quarterly inflation figures were grim reading for...
April 29, 2024 5 min read
Quarterly inflation numbers, released by the Australian Bureau of...
April 24, 2024 5 min read
New data from Domain Group shows Australian home prices have hit...
April 24, 2024 5 min read
There’s an old joke: What happens when you put ten economists in a...
April 23, 2024 3 min read
REA Group’s data business, PropTrack, has identified the regions of...
April 22, 2024 5 min read
Housing affordability in Australia has deteriorated for buyers and is...
April 19, 2024 6 min read
Over the last month or so, there’s been a noticeable shift in the...
April 18, 2024 6 min read
Two property analytics firms have both recorded new median rental...
April 16, 2024 4 min read
Worsening housing affordability, chronic supply shortage, and rising...
April 15, 2024 5 min read
New data from Australia’s largest bank has smashed several popular...
April 12, 2024 4 min read
Three new data sets provide evidence that some of the enormous...
April 11, 2024 4 min read
Australia’s rental housing market remains tight, and there’s unlikely...
April 10, 2024 3 min read
Australian residential property prices - already growing strongly...
April 9, 2024 5 min read
The Albanese government’s aim of building 1.2 million more...
April 5, 2024 3 min read
One of Australia’s most experienced real estate professionals says...
April 5, 2024 4 min read
New figures from CoreLogic show Australia’s residential property...
April 3, 2024 3 min read
Every house and unit seller in more than 300 local government areas...
April 2, 2024 4 min read
The next federal election - due at the latest by the end of September...
April 1, 2024 5 min read
Governments have been warned they’ll need to find 90,000 extra...
March 29, 2024 4 min read
Australians with a mortgage can breathe a bit easier today, following...
March 27, 2024 4 min read
There’s no question Australia is in the grip of a housing crisis, ...
March 26, 2024 5 min read
Hopes for interest rate relief any time soon for households...
March 25, 2024 4 min read
There’s no doubt that Perth has been one of the stand-out performers...
March 20, 2024 4 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to leave the cash...
March 19, 2024 4 min read
Many potential buyers find themselves ready to step onto the property...
March 18, 2024 5 min read
More than a quarter of all homes sold across NSW, Victoria, and...
March 15, 2024 4 min read
It’s now been four years since the WHO declared COVID-19 a worldwide...
March 14, 2024 5 min read
These days you can buy all sorts of analytical tools, computer...
March 13, 2024 4 min read
Australians are ignoring a lot of the negative economic news that’s...
March 12, 2024 3 min read
The Australian Greens have unveiled a new policy to address...
March 8, 2024 4 min read
One of Australia’s most astute property observers is predicting many...
March 6, 2024 4 min read
The outgoing chief of one of Australia’s big four banks has taken a...
March 5, 2024 3 min read
Australia’s sixth largest bank is predicting that Melbourne house...
March 4, 2024 4 min read
Australian home prices rose in February, according to new figures...
March 1, 2024 4 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is likely to keep the cash rate...
February 28, 2024 4 min read
Housing values in regional areas of Australia are growing faster than...
February 27, 2024 4 min read
The spotlight has been on ANZ Bank lately following the controversial...
February 27, 2024 4 min read
There’s no question that Australia is one of the most expensive...
February 23, 2024 4 min read
We’ve heard a lot lately about the growing wealth divide between...
February 22, 2024 4 min read
Since late last year, most banks, economists and the financial...
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...
February 17, 2024 4 min read
Australia’s housing market started the year on a stronger footing...
February 16, 2024 5 min read
You might have seen a lot of commentary around last year about how...
February 14, 2024 4 min read
He may have lost two Federal elections, but former Labor leader Bill...
February 13, 2024 4 min read
Australia’s state and territory governments are having a...
February 12, 2024 4 min read
The main reaction to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board’s...
February 9, 2024 5 min read
As widely expected, the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)...
February 6, 2024 6 min read
New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the...
February 5, 2024 4 min read
The housing price upswing that saw prices surge by 8.1% in 2023 has...
February 2, 2024 4 min read
REA Group’s PropTrack says the supply of properties available for...
February 1, 2024 4 min read
Inflation fell faster in the December quarter of 2023 than...
January 31, 2024 4 min read
Australia’s housing market has recovered from the downturn that saw...
January 26, 2024 4 min read
After months of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally...
January 25, 2024 3 min read
New figures have underlined the extent of Australia’s extremely tight...
January 24, 2024 4 min read
40 major social service and community housing groups recently came...
January 22, 2024 4 min read
While most observers obsess over house price movements in Sydney,...
January 20, 2024 4 min read
Times have been tough lately for many Australian households -...
January 19, 2024 4 min read
At Australian Property Update, we report on the trends and factors...
January 17, 2024 5 min read
Data from two of the biggest property research houses - Domain and...
January 15, 2024 3 min read
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will almost certainly keep...
January 11, 2024 4 min read
Western Australia has thrown struggling builders a lifeline, offering...
January 10, 2024 3 min read
The Prime Minister has put Australian local councils on notice to...
January 9, 2024 3 min read
Recently, one of my friends drove from Melbourne to Sydney and back...
January 8, 2024 3 min read
Australian homeowners struggling with high mortgage repayments can...
January 7, 2024 4 min read
It’s part of the Great Australian Dream - putting down a deposit on...
January 6, 2024 4 min read
For many years, one-bedroom units have been shunned by the investing...
January 5, 2024 4 min read
Australian home prices rose an impressive 8.1% during 2023, according...
January 5, 2024 4 min read
One of Australia’s shrewdest property watchers, John Lindeman, has...
January 4, 2024 5 min read
Making predictions about what life will be like in the future is not...
January 3, 2024 4 min read
In August 2023, the Prime Minister secured an important national...
January 2, 2024 5 min read
With all the major forecasters now having revealed their thoughts for...
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...
December 30, 2023 4 min read
As house prices increase, it becomes more and more difficult to save...
December 29, 2023 3 min read
Australians have been obsessed with real estate.
December 28, 2023 4 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...
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...
December 23, 2023 4 min read
Home loans are often the greatest expense in a household, especially...
December 21, 2023 4 min read
With just days to go before the end of the year, most of the major...
December 20, 2023 5 min read
Australian residential property has had an extraordinary 2023, with...
December 19, 2023 4 min read
One of the main barriers to homeownership for young and lower-income...
December 18, 2023 4 min read
If you are considering investing in Australian residential property,...
December 17, 2023 4 min read
There are many ways of measuring and comparing growth when it comes...
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...
December 14, 2023 4 min read
The Federal government has announced a sweeping overhaul of migration...
December 13, 2023 4 min read
The scale of the current housing crisis in Australia has been...
December 12, 2023 3 min read
Canberra has taken the title of the second most affordable capital...
December 11, 2023 3 min read
The Golden Slipper - the world's richest race for two-year-old...
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...
December 8, 2023 4 min read
Building approvals for the 12 months to October plunged to a decade...
December 7, 2023 4 min read
The Reserve Bank has delivered a Christmas respite for Australians...
December 6, 2023 3 min read
New figures show some of the heat has come out of the housing market,...
December 5, 2023 4 min read
One of the more bizarre aspects of the hype surrounding the departure...
December 4, 2023 6 min read
If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, you might have come...
December 3, 2023 6 min read
Alan Kohler is one of Australia’s finest financial and business...
December 2, 2023 6 min read
If you have been paying close attention to property news recently,...
December 1, 2023 6 min read