Today
Rising listings, poor affordability slash house price growth
The rate fell by a third to 1.9 per cent across the combined capital cities during the September quarter, a new report from Domain shows.
- Nila Sweeney
This Month
Where property demand is set to soar
Australia’s population tipped to boom by more than 7.4 million over the next two decades, sending demand for dwellings soaring.
- Nila Sweeney
Sydney home prices jump 11pc in nine months
Since bottoming out in January, prices in the NSW capital are on track to hit new highs by early next year, according to CoreLogic.
- Nila Sweeney
‘The worst is behind us’: buyers step up amid finals fever
The auction clearance rate eased only moderately despite the distractions of AFL and NRL grand finals in the two biggest markets.
- Nick Lenaghan
September
Loss-making, short-hold listings surge across Sydney, Melbourne
The share of short-held listings selling at a loss has ballooned in the inner-city areas, reflecting their weaker performance in the past three years.
- Nila Sweeney
Melbourne house prices to jump 12pc in 2025
Higher demand and constrained supply is set to push Melbourne’s housing market to outperform Sydney over the next two years, KPMG predicts.
- Nila Sweeney
Profit-making sales rise even as more recent homeowners bail out
With dwelling values still 4.6 per cent lower than they were before interest rates started rising, homeowners reselling within two years had incurred $30,000 loss on average.
- Nila Sweeney
Rising auction supply will slow house price growth
The outlook is mixed, with higher borrowing costs also casting a cloud over the housing market even as prices keep rising.
- Michael Bleby
Australia to fall 160,000 homes short of 1.2m target: Master Builders
The lobby group is keen to use touted state-federal co-operation to bring in reforms that will reduce development hurdles.
- Michael Bleby
House prices bounce right back in 30pc of suburbs
House values in nearly one out of three suburbs nationwide have all but recouped their losses, while unit values in more than two out five suburbs are now higher than they were before interest rates started rising in May last year.
- Nila Sweeney
Sydney house price rise to hit 10pc this year as recovery firms up
Sydney house prices rose 1.1 per cent in August, defying expectations of a double-dip downturn in values, data from CoreLogic shows.
- Nila Sweeney
August
Sydney house prices higher than a year ago
Sydney’s house prices returned to positive growth for the first time since values started falling last year, despite a marked increase in listings, says CoreLogic.
- Nila Sweeney
Housing affordability worsens as pool of million-dollar suburbs swells
The number of suburbs where homes are worth at least $1 million jumped by 10.6 per cent to 806 since values bottomed out in February, data from CoreLogic shows.
- Nila Sweeney
Suburbs where house prices doubled in the past decade
House prices in nearly one in three Sydney suburbs doubled in the past 10 years, data from CoreLogic shows.
- Nila Sweeney
The regional housing markets where prices are set to surge
Affordable regional housing within commuting distance to CBDs could see stronger price growth over the coming months, says CoreLogic.
- Nila Sweeney
House sells $500k over reserve as market volumes pick up
Competition between just two families pushed a Maroubra property more than 11 per cent over its $4.5 million reserve price for $5,017,000, showing the pick-up in the market.
- Michael Bleby
Sydney’s house price growth rate has peaked
Sydney’s house prices increased by 0.9 per cent in July, the smallest gain since values started rising in February, as the surge in fresh stock gives buyers more options.
- Nila Sweeney
July
Sydney house prices jump 5.3pc in three months
Sydney’s house prices rose by the sharpest quarterly increase since late 2021, fuelled by strong demand outpacing listings.
- Nila Sweeney
Cash buyers flock to Melbourne CBD, Gold Coast apartments
Cash buyers piled into Melbourne’s CBD and the Gold Coast during the June quarter, snapping up more than 1000 apartments according to PEXA.
- Nila Sweeney
‘Rent often can’t cover the mortgage’: Investors go to auction
Leading real estate firm Ray White recorded a doubling in investor auction sales over the past week in Sydney as higher interest rates drive sell-offs.
- Larry Schlesinger
