Industry News
Breaking stories, regulatory changes, market data, and major developments across Australian and New Zealand real estate.
Spring stock is rising fast – so is the risk of properties passing in
Cotality forecasts auction volumes climbing to about 1,700 a week by 20 September, even as this week's combined clearance rate sits well below last year's 69.3 per cent.
What 2,930 removalist jobs say about where NSW is losing residents
A1 Removalists Sydney's data shows 301 of 556 interstate moves left NSW for Queensland and Victoria, a pattern…
Regional Australia expands its affordability frontier
As premium coastal markets reach price limits, affordable interior and resource-rich regional towns are now taking the lead…
The next housing headache may be supply, not demand
New home approvals have fallen sharply in July as investor activity weakens and policy changes threaten to disrupt…
Buyers are asking AI before they ask you
New research shows most Gen Z and Millennial buyers now research finances and property with AI first, but…
Tropical resorts emerge as strongest regional luxury markets
New Ray White research splits regional prestige property into seven distinct precincts, finding coastal commuter markets have quietly…
National home prices slip again as interest rates keep buyers on the sidelines
Median property values have dropped to $886,000 nationally, with realestate.com.au economist Eleanor Creagh warning further falls are likely…
Green is the new gold: leafy canopy adds $237,000 to Melbourne homes
REIV's canopy study shows neighbouring suburbs like Frankston South and Frankston North diverge sharply in price, offering principals…
HIA tips home prices to turn positive again from early 2027
Population growth and household formation are outpacing new supply, and HIA's chief economist expects that shortage, not a…
Melbourne and Perth regional markets far outpace their capitals
New Ray White research shows regional growth near capital cities still tracks the capital city cycle, leaving Sydney…
‘In the middle of a housing crisis’: Property Council demands rethink on Capital Gains and Negative Gearing overhaul
Treasury's own forecasts on the CGT and negative gearing changes have principals and investors watching how the detailed…
What rising rates mean for real estate agents this spring
Higher mortgage repayments during peak leasing months could shift some owners' cash flow and tenant affordability conversations, according…
Vacancies climb to four-year high as renter instability persists
Rental stock improved in July for the first time in years, but new research shows tenant families –…
Bathla Group collapses into administration owing $3 billion
The western Sydney home builder's collapse leaves roughly 15,000 properties under construction and puts agents managing off-the-plan settlements…
Council to give agencies over a year to fix lockbox habits
Sydney's Lord Mayor says the lead time before enforcement is designed to let real estate businesses arrange different…
Housing Australia fast-tracks 1,000 shovel-ready affordable homes
A new funding stream opens in September for well-located, low-density projects that can move from planning to construction…
Why this downturn is unlikely to become another GFC
Ray White chief economist Nerida Conisbee models what it would take to match the Global Financial Crisis and…
Why cheap and investable are not the same suburb
Hotspotting's managing director explains the fundamentals separating genuine growth prospects from suburbs that are simply low priced, across…
The suburbs where $1 million still buys a house
New realestate.com.au data shows a median price is just the midpoint of a suburb's market, and buyers chasing…
Nearly a third of borrowers hand over half their pay
Finder's 2026 Home Loan Report finds 29 per cent of mortgage holders now spend more than half their…
Ripple Wu brings Box Hill team to Jellis Craig
The merger adds a new Box Hill office to the Jellis Craig Whitehorse hub alongside its existing Blackburn…
$146m to fast-track 18,900 Gold Coast homesites
Queensland's Residential Activation Fund will pay for roads, power, water and a sewage plant upgrade across Coomera, Pimpama,…
What the new foreign buyer rules mean for your market
Extended purchase bans, tripled FIRB fees and a 30% capital gains tax rate are reshaping offshore demand, with…
Winning is just the beginning for Barfoot & Thompson
Seven months after a history-making trifecta at the International Property Awards, New Zealand's largest family-owned real estate company…
How much rents would need to rise to save investment property returns
Ray White modelling suggests a 30 per cent rent increase could remove the need for any price correction…
Political theatre: why the housing accord target is a ‘fairy tale’
The finance commentator Alan Kohler says Australia is building 100,000-plus homes short of its national target each year,…
Calvin Chan joins Raine & Horne Green Square as associate partner
The promotion brings the agency's top-selling Zetland agent into a leadership role, according to Raine & Horne Green…
Regional Victorian house values soar as inner-Melbourne drops and REIV demands auction rule pause
Towns like Bright, Mildura and Bendigo posted growth of 90 to 146 per cent over ten years, far…
Teneriffe becomes Queensland’s first $5 million suburb
The Brisbane enclave's median house price soared 48.6 per cent in a year, joining an exclusive club previously…
Affordable regional hubs cushion Australian property downturn as capital city exodus hits record high
Net migration from capital cities to the regions hit an all-time high in the March quarter, with Sydney…
Investor retreat wipes $5.4 billion off new lending as borrowing capacity squeezes capital cities
ABS figures show new mortgage lending fell for a second straight quarter, with investors leading the pullback after…
Regional first-home buyers under 5% deposit scheme post double-digit equity gains
Fewer than 0.2% of the 48,000 households using the expanded scheme sit in negative equity, with outback Queensland…
Geraldton’s $380,000 real estate boom powered by population and economic revival
Once facing severe demographic decline, the Mid West hub leads regional Western Australia with historic house price growth…
Darwin and Geelong take top spots for 5% deposit first-home buyers
Led by Zuccoli, Top End suburbs outperform major capitals on affordability, capital growth, and rapid sales turnover.
Renting for life is now the plan, not the fallback, for many tenants
Modelling cited in the report suggests almost half of younger Australian households will still be renting privately past…