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Terry’s View – Why the Housing Fund Is A Failure The Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) was sold to Australians as the Federal Government’s answer to the nation’s housing crisis. It was supposed to deliver tens of thousands of desperately needed homes while proving that Canberra could tackle one of the country’s biggest challenges. Instead, […]

Owner Occupiers Still Dominate A tough property market has not deterred owner-occupiers, with new analysis showing rising owner-occupier levels in Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria. Nationally, the proportion of owner-occupier households was 65.9% in 2025, according to the KPMG analysis. This is down slightly following drops in Sydney and Regional New South Wales. The proportion

Private Treaty Gains Traction Sellers are ditching auctions for private treaty sales as market sentiment shifts. Cotality analysis shows that preliminary auction rates have been low for the past seven weeks and sat at 54.8% across the combined capital cities last week. Not only are clearance rates down but also the number of properties being

Where It’s Cheaper to Rent than Buy Despite rents continuing to rise, it is still cheaper to be a tenant than a homeowner in most Australian capital cities. Analysis by Compare the Market shows that Sydney has the biggest gap between the cost of renting and the cost of weekly mortgage repayments. Monthly mortgage repayments

Suburb Level Figures Paint Stronger Picture While national property figures paint a negative picture of how the property market is faring, suburb-level data shows a better performance. According to PropTrack data, prices in the majority of Australian suburbs have increased in the past 12 months. Prices are higher in 85% of house markets and 90%

Vacancies Ease – Slightly Vacancy rates have eased in the past month – but the change is so minimal that would-be tenants will still struggle in many markets. Figures from SQM Research show that the national vacancy rate rose from 1.2% in May to 1.3% in June. That increase equates to only an additional 1,385

Australia’s Top Growth Markets Australia has 23 markets where median property prices have doubled in just three years. Analysis by PropTrack shows the leading growth suburbs are in Queensland and Western Australia. A common link between many of the high-growth locations is that the markets have more affordable property prices which appeal to both first

House Building Levels Drop Construction starts are falling with new Australian Bureau of Statistics figures revealing an 11.2% drop in work underway. According to the ABS, in the March quarter completions are also down by 0.6%. The data shows work started on 48,012 dwellings and 43,816 dwellings were completed during the quarter. Housing Industry Association

Our Most Liveable Cities Sydney, Melbourne and Perth have been recognised as three of the Top 20 best places to live around the world. Monocle’s 2026 Quality of Life Survey ranked cities around the world based on the factors that shape everyday life, including safety, connectivity, governance, green space, culture, retail and hospitality. Sydney achieved

Rent Growth Continues Rents are continuing to grow across Australia’s capital cities, with house rents across the combined capital house markets up by $20 per week in the June quarter. Domain data shows that at the same time unit rents rose by $5 per week and says the increases are higher than the expected “seasonal