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Victorian government fails basic housing maths
In last month’s budget speech, Victorian Treasurer Jaclyn Symes labelled the state government’s controversial Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) project as “Australia’s largest housing project”.
Leith van Onselen
15 days ago
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High migration pressures housing market
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on permanent and long-term arrivals for the month of April.
Leith van Onselen
16 days ago
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Buyers dive back into Sydney property
Last weekend, it appeared as if Sydney’s housing market may be faltering after the preliminary clearance rate fell to 55.9%, which was the lowest preliminary result this year.
Leith van Onselen
17 days ago
1
Australia’s housing debate drowned in sea of lies
For a textbook example of how Australia’s housing affordability debate has been perverted, look no further than the latest Housing Affordability Report from the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre.
Leith van Onselen
19 days ago
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Australia’s rental crisis is ongoing
SQM Research released its rental vacancy rate for May, which fell 0.1% over the month to a historically low 1.2% nationally—the same level as last year. While all markets are tight, Sydney (1.5%) and Melbourne (1.5%) have significantly higher vacancy rates than the other capital cities, which are all tracking below 1.0%.
Leith van Onselen
19 days ago
1
Aussies want to live in houses, not apartments
Policymakers are exerting significant pressure on Australians to live in shoebox apartments.
Leith van Onselen
19 days ago
19
Minns is wrong about Sydney’s housing crisis
NSW Premier Chris Minns wants to solve Sydney’s housing crisis by accelerating the supply of shoebox apartments.
Leith van Onselen
20 days ago
10
Why Queenslanders might start moving to Victoria
Over recent years, Queensland has experienced a large inflow of residents from other states.
Leith van Onselen
20 days ago
20
Australia is a housing bubble with an economy attached
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on Australia’s housing stock, which was valued at a record $11,366 billion as of Q1 2025, equating to $1,002,500 per dwelling.
Leith van Onselen
20 days ago
27
New Zealand shames Australia on housing affordability
Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro posted the following chart, which shows the collapse in mortgage rates in New Zealand.
Leith van Onselen
20 days ago
11
Australians turn bullish on house prices
Australian home values hit their highest level on record in May.
Leith van Onselen
21 days ago
5
Excessive immigration is behind the rental crisis
One year ago, AMP chief economist Shane Oliver estimated that Australia’s cumulative housing shortage was in excess of 200,000 dwellings.
Leith van Onselen
21 days ago
12
Australians are being lied to on housing
The Albanese government has engaged in a full-court press of housing disinformation.
Leith van Onselen
23 days ago
11
The great housing gaslight
Picture this.
Nasal Insert
23 days ago
23
Auction market crashes back to earth
The past few months have seen Australia’s auction market roar back to life.
Leith van Onselen
24 days ago
13
Housing market launches after RBA rate cut
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) 25 bp rate cut last month had an immediate effect on the housing market. The final auction clearance rate across the combined capital cities soared to its highest level since early July 2024, despite the second-highest auction volumes (2,918) of the year.
Leith van Onselen
26 days ago
4
Bargain hunters target Melbourne housing
Melbourne’s auction market has rebounded strongly, recording an average final auction clearance rate of 67% in May, the strongest result since mid-2023.
Leith van Onselen
29 days ago
2
Minns gaslights Sydneysiders on housing crisis
NSW Premier Chris Minns aims to alleviate Sydney’s housing crisis by expediting the supply of shoebox apartments.
Leith van Onselen
29 days ago
6
Australia’s rental market tightens, squeezing tenants
Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) has reported a tightening in rental vacancy rates over recent months.
Leith van Onselen
29 days ago
2
Sydney’s housing market eats its young
Cotality’s (formerly CoreLogic) latest housing affordability report showed that the cost of purchasing and renting a home in Sydney was the worst on record at the end of 2024, as well as the highest in the nation.
Leith van Onselen
29 days ago
18
Australia’s hidden high-rise housing crash
The Albanese government’s fantastical target to build 1.2 million homes over five years is centred on delivering a boom in high-rise towers. However, the April dwelling approvals data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that high-density approvals have collapsed.
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
7
Property vendors and buyers cash in on rate cut
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
3
Australian housing poised for new price boom
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
21
Labor’s housing target crumbles into dust
The Albanese government’s National Housing Accord commenced on 1 July 2024 and requires the construction of 1.2 million homes over five years, which equates to 20,000 homes per month and 240,000 homes a year.
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
9
Australia’s housing scandal exposed
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
14
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