What the Federal Budget Means for Property Buyers Right Now The 2026–27 Federal Budget has brought some major changes to the Australian housing and property investment landscape. And if you’re a buyer, whether you’re buying your first home or growing a portfolio, this is worth paying close attention to. Source Negative Gearing Is Changing: But […]
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Buyers Are Chasing Value And Smart Investors Are Already There The data is hard to ignore. Across Australia, buyers are moving. Not just within their cities, they’re heading out. Growth corridors, regional towns, outer suburbs. Anywhere the price tag makes sense and the future looks promising. In New South Wales, Port Macquarie, Dubbo and Orange
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Coalition Plan to Change 5% Deposit Scheme: What It Could Mean for Buyers Coalition Plan to Restrict 5% Deposit Scheme Raises Questions for Buyers, one of the most widely used home buying programs in the country, to Australian citizens only. This could mean permanent residents may no longer be eligible if the proposal is implemented.
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Diverging Forecasts: What Australia’s 2026 Housing Outlook Means for Buyers Australia’s two big banks agree that national home prices should still rise next year (around 5% in 2026 and slowing to ~3% in 2027), despite last year’s strong 8.6% jump. Higher interest rates and tighter credit are expected to cool demand, while a slight dip
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Less Stock, More Competition: Why the Right Move Now Beats Waiting Australia’s Reserve Bank has again lifted rates to tame inflation. In the short term, higher rates ease price pressures, but they also make new home-building more expensive. The Housing Industry Association warns that “higher interest rates… increase the cost of delivering new homes and
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The latest NAB Housing Monitor (Mar 2026) shows Australian home prices still climbing strongly – up about 9.6% over the past year in capital cities (nearly 10% by one measure). The national median dwelling value is around $900,000. Growth is not even: the strongest gains are in Perth, Brisbane and Darwin, while Sydney and Melbourne
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Two-Speed Housing Market: Where Smart Buyers Are Looking in 2026 Australia’s housing market is cooling from last year’s boom, but prices are still rising, not collapsing. CommBank expects national pricesto slow to ~5% growth in 2026 and ~3% in 2027. (Last year prices jumped ~10%, leaving values roughly 55% above pre-pandemic levels.) The key headwind
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Australia’s Property Market Is Splitting in Two: What That Means for House Buyers The latest data from Cotality’s Housing Value Index (April 2026) has confirmed what many of us in the buyer’s agent world have been watching closely for some time now, Australia no longer has one property market. It has many, and the gap
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Will Higher Taxes in Australia Push Rents Even Higher? Housing is already heavily taxed. Industry data shows nearly half the cost of a new house in our capital cities goes to government taxes, fees and charges. Buyer’s agents note that this heavy tax burden squeezes the market’s ability to deliver new homes. As HIA’s managing
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Why Regional Property Markets Are Outshining the Capitals in 2026 Australia’s housing boom is shifting. Recent data show regional home prices climbing faster than in the capitals – about 3.2% vs 2.1% over the last quarter. Rising city prices and limited housing supply are encouraging more buyers to consider affordable regional markets. It provides a
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