Australian Property

This week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on net permanent & long-term (NPLT) arrivals, which remained at historically high levels in February 2026.

The situation continues to worsen for Australian tenants.

The latest consumer sentiment survey from the Westpac Melbourne Institute, released on Tuesday, revealed that Australians have become more pessimistic about house prices.

According to the most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) housing finance data, $19.310 billion in mortgages were issued to first-time home buyers during the December quarter of 2025.

The supply side of Australia’s housing market continues to worsen.

Sydney’s and Melbourne’s home prices continue to shift into “correction” territory, with values declining by 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively, over the past 28 days, according to Cotality’s daily dwelling values index. In contrast, values in Perth (2.1%), Brisbane (1.4%), and Adelaide (1.0%) continue to increase at a strong pace.

Developers and builders across Australia warn that the conflict in the Middle East has triggered a fresh supply chain shock, pushing up the cost of key construction materials and fuel and threatening the viability of new housing projects.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on dwelling commencements and completions for the fourth quarter of 2025, which confirmed that the National Housing Accord’s target of building 1.2 million homes over five years has drifted further out of reach.

Australia’s rental crisis continues in earnest.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) annual national accounts for 2024–25, the total value of residential land rose by 7.0% over the financial year to an all-time high of $8.3 trillion.

Amidst the ongoing shift in Australia’s political landscape towards greater and greater levels of tribalism and what could be described, in more local terms, as “Footy team politics”, the debate surrounding the challenges facing Australians in its housing market is increasingly influenced by false narratives on social media.

The latest data shows that Sydney’s and Melbourne’s housing markets are decelerating, dragging down national price growth.

Cotality’s daily dwelling values index shows that Sydney’s and Melbourne’s housing markets are now experiencing price corrections, with values experiencing declines over the latest month and quarter: In contrast, the other major capital cities – Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide – continue to record strong value growth.

God only knows this is a fool’s errand, but here goes my best guess at what the mad POTUS will say tonight in his national address Mission Accomplished.

Cotality’s March housing report has been released, showing that Australia’s rental crisis is deteriorating at an accelerating pace amid strengthening demand.

Australia’s housing market has clearly divided into two distinct blocks: Sydney and Melbourne, where values are now falling and Perth, Brisbane, and Adelaide, which continue to experience strong growth.

Over recent weeks, leading Sydney auctioneer Tom Panos has warned that Sydney’s housing market is under stress amid a surge in listings and buyers experiencing affordability constraints following recent interest rate hikes.

The latest housing affordability data from Cotality, released earlier this year, showed that both purchase and rental affordability were tracking at record lows.

Liberal opposition leader Angus Taylor reportedly intends to attack One Nation’s immigration policy, arguing that severe immigration cuts would worsen the housing crisis by starving the construction sector of workers.

So far, Cotality’s daily dwelling values index is holding up amid back-to-back interest rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).