Australian Property

Australia’s housing market is experiencing a strong upswing. According to Cotality, last week’s national final auction clearance rate increased to 71.6%, the highest result for capital cities since early June 2023 (73.1%).

“Stubborn empty nesters” refusing to downsize from their family-friendly homes have become Australia’s latest housing scapegoat.

Australian house prices are already at their highest level in history and are beginning to surge higher. According to Cotality, last week’s combined final auction clearance rate rose to 71.6%, which was the capital cities’ highest result since early June 2023 (73.1%).

Recently, AMP Chief Economist Shane Oliver posted the chart below on Twitter (also known as X) detailing the path of rental vacancy rates and asking rents since the early 1980s.

As 2025 unfolds, Australia finds itself in a peculiar position.

Australian renters have suffered disproportionately at the hands of record immigration levels, which saw an astonishing 1,227,000 net migrants arrive in Australia over the 33 months to Q1 2025.

With the implementation of the Albanese government’s 5% deposit scheme for first home buyers just over a week away, social media is filled with promotional material from the Albanese government crowing about how their achievement will help prospective home buyers.

While the focus of Australia’s political policymakers remains on issues largely external to the nation’s rental crisis, more and more data continues to emerge pointing to the impact of the failure of successive governments, which is worsening circumstances by the day.

Australia’s population ballooned by around 8.5 million (45%) over the first 25 years of this century, easily exceeding the population growth experienced by other advanced nations. Between Q1 2021 and Q1 2025, Australia’s population grew by an astonishing 1.88 million (7.9%)—equivalent to adding an Adelaide and Hobart to the nation’s population.

The University of Melbourne’s latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey has found that households have less disposable income than they did before the pandemic.

The Albanese government’s housing target is proving to be one of the nation’s biggest policy shams.

Australia’s housing market is on the verge of a boom.

This week, Cotality released data, based on around 97,000 resales, showing that 94.8% of sellers made a nominal profit across Australia in Q2 2025.

Australia’s governments want to ‘solve’ the housing crisis by pushing Australians into high-rise apartments.

Cotality has released alarming data showing that Australia’s rental market is tightening fast.

As the debate over migration continues both on social media and in the halls of power, myths surrounding its impact on housing continue to propagate.

According to Domain, Australian home values are soaring at the lower end of the market, putting immense strain on affordability for first home buyers.

This month’s Australian Financial Review property summit contained the usual bluster on the need to lift Australia’s housing supply to meet demand.

Leading Sydney auctioneer and agent Tom Panos has issued a warning for Australian home buyers.

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) interest rate cuts alongside the imminent introduction of the Albanese government’s 5% deposit scheme for first home buyers have triggered a sharp uptick in Australian home prices.

I have consistently cautioned that the state and federal governments’ plans to blanket our cities with high-rise apartments will not improve housing affordability.

When Australia’s international borders reopened in early 2022, the nation was already well in the midst of a rental crisis.