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March House Price Report
March House Price Report

Perth prices remain the strongest in the country with prices now having risen by just over 20 per cent over the past 12 months. The city is also leading the way for apartment price growth.  Apartments in Perth are now seeing stronger [...]

Sydney and Melbourne top the country for price growth
Sydney and Melbourne top the country for price growth

Price growth continues across all of Australia in February with Perth now recording 17.5 per cent growth over the past 12 months. While this continues to be the hottest real estate market in Australia, Sydney and Melbourne recorded the highest [...]

Rates on hold
Rates on hold

A distinct change to the interest rate outlook occurred at the end of last year. In early December there was a view that we were in for at least one more rate rise. In mid December however, a sharp drop in US inflation, followed by the sugg [...]

Predictions for 2024 for Australian housing markets
Predictions for 2024 for Australian housing markets

1. Price growth to continue Despite many predictions of a catastrophic fall in house prices in 2023, they did in fact move in the opposite direction. Leading the way has been Perth but the combination of strong population growth and a [...]

Can you get a cheap home anywhere?
Can you get a cheap home anywhere?

As price growth continues to accelerate, can you get a cheap home anywhere? With our cheapest capital cities, Adelaide and Perth, now recording the strongest growth in prices over the past 12 months, is there anywhere you can still find a [...]

Australia is a world leader in not building enough homes
Australia is a world leader in not building enough homes

We aren’t quite the worst country in the world for not building enough homes. New Zealand takes that honour, but we come close.  Since the mid 1990s, the number of homes per 100 people has remained stable. At the same time, average [...]