June 2025

 Property Prices Hit High Property prices have chalked up a fifth consecutive month of growth. The latest increases bring yearly median house price growth to 4.2% and unit price growth to 3.6%. PropTrack data show that in May, medians rose marginally in every capital city house market and most unit markets. Hobart and ACT unit

 Rents Growing But Pace Slowing While rents continue to grow throughout Australia, the pace of growth is now beginning to slow. Analysis from the Australian Bureau of Statistics says that since late 2024, the pace of growth in median rents has slowed across most states and territories. It says that since mid-2022, rents for almost

Investor Revival New lending data shows that investors are back in action and re-entering the market at three times the pace of owner-occupiers. Analysis of lending data by Money.com.au shows the number of loans to all buyers is up by 10.5% in the 12 months to March. The number of investment loans increased by 19%

Regional Populations Surge In good news for the continuing growth of regional property markets, the number of people leaving capital cities behind increased again in the first quarter of 2025. The March 2025 quarter Regional Movers Index, which tracks migration to regional areas, shows a 10.5% increase in moves from cities to the regions in

 Terry’s View – Rates Don’t Affect Prices If you believe media reports – and let me stress that you cannot – Australia is going to have the grandaddy of all property booms because interest rates have dropped. Much of the commentary around RBA decisions on rate cuts declares that a small drop in rates means