The RBA has lifted the cash rate to 4.85%, its highest level in 18 years. This marks the fifth interest rate increase in 2026. Higher interest rates are putting significant pressure on borrowers.

Housing trends remained weak through the middle of spring , with Cotality’s national Home Value Index (HVI) down 1.2% in ...

Property markets are driven by people, not just economics. Long-term growth comes from understanding who will want to live in a location and why. Australia is made up of different demographic “tribes” ...

Start with the end in mind. Know how much passive income you need in retirement and build your property strategy around that goal. Focus on asset quality, not property count. A smaller portfolio of ...

A fifth interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia next week is now seen as likely by financial markets. Whether the ...

Jonathan Lui today launched SohoAI's real estate AI, which he describes as Australia's first AI-native property portal. Lui, who co-founded Airtasker (ASX: ART), predicted that AI will keep wearing ...

After years of property investors feeling that Victoria sees them as an easy source of extra revenue, there is finally an ...

Australia's spring property market has slowed significantly, with home sales down 20.9% annually and properties taking longer to sell. Higher interest rates and weaker buyer confidence are weighing on ...

Home values have fallen for a number of months in a row, and listings are well above average, but downturns are a normal part of the property cycle Just look back to 2020 when the major banks modelled ...

Property industry confidence has fallen sharply. National sentiment is now at its lowest level since September 2020. Property taxes have become the industry’s biggest government concern. Rising taxes ...

Cotality’s latest Quarterly Rental Review shows national rents increased 0.5% in the September quarter, taking the national median dwelling rent to $713 a week. Stretched rental affordability and ...