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Vacancies Rising Australia’s extremely tight vacancy rate has eased slightly, with new data now putting it at 1.9%. Despite the increase, up from 1.8% in October 2024, CoreLogic’s Quarterly Rental Review says all capital city markets remain below the 3% vacancy rate which represents a balanced market. The tightest vacancy rate is 1.1% in Adelaide, […]

Buyers Finally in Favour In Some Cities Property prices may remain high, but changes in some key fundamentals are now helping it to swing toward a buyer’s market in some locations. CoreLogic head of research Tim Lawless says price growth (the national average) has eased, listings are up and purchasing activity is down, theoretically creating […]

Where Supply Is Low A new report reveals the 25 Australian locations where supply is so low the only way for prices to go is up. The report by InvestorKit analyses 330 regions and shows Australia’s 25 most undersupplied markets are spread across Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. InvestorKit founder Arjun Paliwal, says that […]

Building Slows: Housing Target Failure Building approvals eased toward the end of 2024, with new Australian Bureau of Statistic figures showing approvals in November are down by 3.6% on the previous month. The latest data, released in January, shows drops in all residential building types – and confirms Australia is well short of the level […]

Investors Needed To End Shortage Crisis Attracting more investors to the property market is what will help ease Australia’s housing crisis, according to new research. The analysis by the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) and the Property Investors Council of Australia (PICA), says there is a shortage of property investors, with tens of thousands […]

Rents Rising But Growth Rate Eases Rents across Australia continue to grow but are growing at their slowest pace in more than three years, according to new analysis by the REA group. Nationally rents rose by 6.9% over 2024, compared with 11.5% growth in 2023. REA Group senior economist Paul Ryan says advertised rents in […]

Key 2025 Market Influences Predicted interest rate cuts, low supply and other economic factors will continue to have a big impact on the property market in 2025, according to Mortgage Choice. It has revealed the seven key influences that will shape how the market performs throughout the year. Inflation: Underlying inflation remains too high, which […]

Buyers Seek Affordability Buyers are still focused on affordability, which is driving strong price growth in the unit market, according to PropTrack’s January 2025 Home Price Index. In the past 12 months, median unit prices have increased at a higher rate than house median prices in Brisbane and Perth, while in Adelaide, they are on […]

2025 Price Predictions Despite a slowing in the pace of price growth in some markets toward the end of 2024, prices are tipped to continue rising in 2025. Domain Group predicts that national house prices will increase between 4% and 6% in 2025, with units to increase between 3% and 5%. It also forecasts a […]