Australia’s Hottest 100 Markets

Property experts have picked their hottest 100 property markets tipped to outperform in 2026.

Two-thirds of the annual realestate.com.au list is made up of capital city suburbs, and the rest are regional locations.

REA Group senior economist Eleanor Creagh says New South Wales has the highest number of entries in the top 100, with 25 locations included.

She says Western Sydney features heavily, particularly around the new airport and associated infrastructure corridor with new metro and rail connections.

Victoria has 22 entries, nine of which are in regional areas. Creagh says after years of sluggish growth, home prices in Melbourne returned to a record high in September.

Queensland has 17 entries, which Creagh says are focused on affordability and growth. She says many of the suburbs are in the outer fringe of Brisbane and will benefit from the 2032 Olympic Games.

Both Western Australia and South Australia have nine entries each, Tasmania has eight and both the Northern Territory and ACT have five each.