Australian Property

No, Australians should not pay more for energy
Dear Millie Muroi.
Sir Fomo McSpruikerson
13
Sydney auction market falls back to Earth
If you are curious about the differences in methodology between myself and the usual auction data providers, there is an explanation down the page.
Tarric Brooker
3
Aussies are expecting big house price gains
In June, Australian property values reached a record high, as illustrated by PropTrack below.
Leith van Onselen
6
Why we cannot build enough homes
Australia is experiencing a generational housing shortage, exacerbated by historically high immigration-driven population growth and a sluggish housing supply.
Leith van Onselen
3
Albo isn’t Whitlam, he’s Chamberlain
Albo’s great grovel of China has reached the level of nauseating.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10
Australia’s intractable housing shortage
Leith van Onselen
6
Nobody believes the government on housing
A meeting of the national cabinet in August 2023 agreed on a target of 1.2 million new homes to be built between 1 July 2024 and 1 July 2029.
Leith van Onselen
5
How to bullet-proof house prices in a commodity bust
During the GFC, the U.S.
Tarric Brooker
6
Brisbane’s unstoppable house price boom
Cotality’s daily dwelling values index shows that Brisbane is once again leading the nation on house price growth, recording appreciation of 0.8% over the past 28 days.
Leith van Onselen
12
More Chinese tourists means higher house prices
This is wrong in every way that matters.
David Llewellyn-Smith
9
Pretending to care about house prices is new again
Everything old is new again in Australia’s parasitic media.
David Llewellyn-Smith
27
Not your grandfather’s housing boom
When Cotality starts talking about specific suburbs, you know the boom is not here yet.
David Llewellyn-Smith
3
How do first home buyers afford anything?
Tarric Brooker
24
Alan Kohler goes postal over property bubble
Domain/Nine has a new excuse for the property bubble.
David Llewellyn-Smith
32
When could Aussie housing be affordable?
Tarric Brooker
3
Australian freedom is under attack
When the word freedom comes to mind in our collective consciousness, it can be interpreted in a number of different ways.
Tarric Brooker
14
Buy property now
Some charts from Westpac make the point.
David Llewellyn-Smith
13
Boomers and the great stamp duty battle
Tarric Brooker
6
The new house price boom begins
With the end of the month, so too comes the release of the latest housing price data from Cotality (the artist formerly known as Corelogic) and PropTrack.
Tarric Brooker
23
Sydney’s ‘wicked’ housing conundrum
Mark Litwin, Head of Investment Sales (NSW) at Knight Frank, penned a report on Sydney’s housing market fundamentals, which are underpinned by “persistent undersupply”.
Leith van Onselen
10
Everyone is pumping Aussie housing prices
On Wednesday, the rush to the bottom by Australian policymakers to pump housing demand entered yet another chapter, this time with multiple state government’s taking their turn.
Tarric Brooker
4
Australia’s housing boom leaves younger generations devastated
When the pandemic arrived on Australia’s shores in early 2020, housing was already unaffordable for a majority of households, as illustrated by falling homeownership rates and declining rates of household formation.
Tarric Brooker
18
New Zealand schools Australia on housing affordability
Leith van Onselen
7
Australia following South Korea’s path to national ruin?
If there is one country that has come to embody the absolute failure of developed world policymakers to address existential economic and social issues, it is South Korea.
Tarric Brooker
23
NSW government turns home buyer of last resort
The NSW government’s budget papers show that the state is expected to post a deficit of $5.7 billion for the 2024-25 financial year.
Leith van Onselen
4