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Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.

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Brisbane’s record falls can’t erase rapid pandemic price gains

Just over seven months after prices peaked, the Queensland capital has recorded its swiftest and largest decline ever.
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Billion-dollar markets: Suburbs where buyers spared no expense in 2022

While 2022 proved to be a tumultuous year for the property market, a new report revealed that there were a handful of...
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New residential land sales fell in Q3 2022 despite price declines

Even with land prices affordability growing slightly, HIA-CoreLogic’s latest Residential Land Report for the...
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6 key real estate trends investors must watch out for in 2023

A mortgage expert weighs in on how trends in 2022 will shape the property market’s landscape this year. 
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Trio of beachside suburbs mark Melbourne’s top performers

Melbourne’s waterfront suburbs continue to enjoy strong gains in 2022, with three beachside locations claiming the...
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Return to capital cities will continue driving rental crunch in 2023, report shows

Australians and overseas migrants are returning to major cities, causing rental supply to slump and competition for...
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Australia’s most popular FHB locations revealed

A fresh batch of data from one of the big four banks has revealed the Australian postcodes most popular among first...
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4 in 5 Aussie markets declined in Q4 2022

The number of Australian markets that reported a decline during the December quarter grew from less than 10 per cent...
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Labour shortage, supply constraints drive house commencements to record highs: HIA

Aussie home builders had been commencing more new projects than they had been completing, new data showed, as supply...
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Victorian market shows ‘great investment potential’

The state’s regions have capped off a strong 2022 despite eight interest rate rises and “a confluence of pressures...
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Revealed: Top 10 most searched suburbs in Perth in 2022

Buyers who are looking to turn the great Australian dream into reality on West Australian soil have revealed their...
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Perth property prices poised for ‘moderate’ growth in 2023: REIWA

While 2023 is predicted to be another chapter in the housing market’s books characterised by price corrections, one...
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Steep value declines categorise 2022’s end: Report

 A new report found national home prices wrapped up 2022 with declines, as rising rates continued to erode Aussies’...
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Rents hit record high in 2022 despite market slowdown

An easing of Australia’s rental market in the final quarter of 2022 was not enough to halt the country’s annual...
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Old listings pile up amid cooling market: Report

The slowdown in the residential market is leading to a pile-up in the number of unsold homes, with properties on sale...
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Building approval declines latest blow delivered by RBA rate hikes

According to new research released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), building approvals fell nearly 10 per...
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Property price declines are slowing down in Brisbane

As we start 2023, like the beginning of any new year, we often reflect back on the year that was and plan for what the...
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2022 saw largest home value fall since GFC: CoreLogic

Australia’s housing market ended the year with its largest yearly rate of decline since the economic tragedy 14 years...
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Why 2023 will be the year of commercial rental growth

Strong rental growth will help lessen the impact of rising interest rates on commercial properties in 2023, according...
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The essential ‘Ps’ of the property game

Mastering any endeavour usually takes time and commitment and property investing is no different. That said, there are...
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2023 will be the year of strong rental returns, report says

Will 2023 bring good tidings to tenants or landlords? According to a new report, rental property owners are in for a...
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2022: A year ‘unlike any other’ in property

Surging inflation, eight consecutive interest rate hikes, and deteriorating affordability drove a shift in...
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What went up will come down: The golden opportunities that await cashed-up commercial property investors in 2023

With values set to slide over the next year, counter-cyclical buyers and cashed-up opportunists can look forward to...
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Tracking Smart Property Investment’s most popular stories for 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, Smart Property Investment takes a look back at the most-read stories on the site for the past...
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2022 in review: Melbourne

A state election rounded out the Victorian capital’s first non-COVID-19-disrupted year since 2019; however, the...
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