12+ hour, 51+ min ago  (1261+ words) Millennials are reshaping family housing demand. The largest generation in Australia is moving into peak family formation and peak income years. Demand for well-located four-bedroom homes will intensify. Family-sized homes will remain undersupplied. We simply aren't building enough suitable stock…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (824+ words) One of the most persistent myths in Australian housing is the idea that high and rising house prices are caused by "not building enough." It gets repeated because it sounds simple, logical and convenient. But it's wrong - and the data,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1099+ words) The best buying opportunities appear when sentiment is negative, not when everyone feels confident. Melbourne today fits this classic countercyclical setup. Melbourne has underperformed since 2021 due to migration losses, high interest rates, and anti-investor policies. This has created a rare…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1154+ words) Capital city auction clearance rates continue to fade with markets confronted this week with a typical flood of pre-Easter holiday listings. The national weekend auction market reported an average clearance rate of 57.7% over the past week which was again lower…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1572+ words) There's loads of free property data now, and it absolutely sharpens decision-making. But if you become "too data-driven" (especially buying borderlessly), you can miss the real-world drivers and landmines behind the numbers. In many tightly held, quality suburbs you simply…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (868+ words) For decades, Australia's housing market has been powered by a dependable demographic conveyor belt. People pair up, get married, start families, need more space, trade up, and eventually downsize. That tidy progression created suburbs, justified infrastructure, and underwrote a century…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1734+ words) Affordability is driven by the cost of owning (repayments, maintenance, rates, insurance) relative to renting, not the headline purchase price. Interest rates and incomes determine how much buyers can actually borrow, and that borrowing capacity is what pushes prices up…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (734+ words) For decades, Australia's housing debate has obsessed over the usual headline acts: soaring migration, slow approvals, rising costs, NIMBYism, and a construction sector that can't catch a break. All true. All important. But beneath all that noise sits one of…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (697+ words) Rental shortages in Victoria and Western Australia are escalating, but while the Vic govt is using sticks to force investors and developers into providing more rental stock, the WA govt is using carrots to motivate and encourage them to do…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1453+ words) Gen X bought property at the perfect point in history: before price-to-income ratios exploded and during decades of falling interest rates. That timing gave them outsized equity gains, often stronger than Baby Boomers achieved at the same life stage and…...