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More Cities Join The $1 Million Club Strong price growth in 2025 means that six capital cities are now in the $1 million median club. Analysis by Domain says across the combined capital cities, the median house price rose by 9.6% and units are up by 6.8%. Perth’s strong results, with its median up 9.9%, […]

Retail: A Good Investment Option The retail sector has emerged as the most sought-after commercial property for investment, according to analysis by CBRE. It says increasing consumption, tight vacancy rates and limited land supply are pushing retail to the top of commercial investors’ wish lists for 2026. In 2025 the value of retail property transactions […]

New Housing Construction Lift Construction of new dwellings is on the way up, although it remains below what is needed to hit government targets. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Building Activity data shows that dwelling commencements in the 12 months to September 2025 increased by 11.2%. HIA Senior Economist Maurice Tapang says while it […]

Foreign Investment Facts Only 40,000 of the estimated 11 million residential dwellings in Australia are owned by foreign investors. Data from the Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets for residential land tracks homes bought from 2016 to 2024, that are still owned by international interests. Victoria accounts for 40% of those properties (16,929), followed […]

Investors Borrowing More Investor lending has hit a new peak, with more than 205,000 new investor loans issued in the past 12 months. Analysis by Money.com.au shows a 9% year on year increase in investor loans, with Victoria leading the charge with a 12.9% increase over the year. Investor loans were also up by 10.5% […]

Vacancy Rates Ease – But Remain Tight National vacancy rates have eased slightly but still remain very tight. New data from SQM Research shows the national vacancy rate increased to 1.4% in December 2025, up from 1.3% in November. This equates to about 43,850 dwellings being vacant, according to SQM Research managing director Louis Christopher. […]

Rents Hit New High Australia’s median rent has hit a new high, increasing by 1.6% in the December quarter to reach $650 per week. The latest increase, according to realestate.com.au data, means median rents are up by 4.8% over the past 12 months which equates to tenants paying an additional $1560 a year. Capital city […]

Most Popular Regions The number of people moving from Australia’s capital cities to regional centres continues to grow. The latest Regional Movers Index shows a 2.5% increase in people moving to the regions in the September 2025 quarter. Overall, internal migration from capital cities to the regions remains elevated and is at higher levels than […]

Still Plenty of Growth There’s still plenty of growth in the Australian property market, with new data showing that 3,224 markets chalked up double-digit price growth in 2025. Almost 100 markets achieved growth higher than 30% according to the analysis of PropTrack data. It was the very affordable markets which recorded the highest levels of […]