Market Insights
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Australia Population Growth by State: Where Housing Demand Is Heading
Australia added 392,700 people in the year to March 2026, but WA, Victoria and Queensland took the lion’s share while…
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Is Australia on Track for the 1.2 Million Homes Target?
Australia has completed about a quarter of the National Housing Accord’s 1.2 million homes, with 35% of the time gone.…
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Australian House Prices by Capital City: The Latest Scorecard
Every capital except Darwin fell in September 2026 as the RBA lifted the cash rate to 4.60%. Here’s the latest…
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Rental Vacancy Rates Australia: Every Capital Compared
The national vacancy rate is stuck at 1.3%, but Sydney and Canberra are loosening while Darwin, Perth and Adelaide stay…
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APRA’s 3% Serviceability Buffer: Why Your Borrowing Power Won’t Move Much Even If Rates Do
APRA just reconfirmed the 3-point mortgage serviceability buffer isn’t changing. Here’s what that means for how much you can actually…
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Australian Interest Rates & Property Prices: What’s Likely Through Late 2026 and 2027
The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 4.60% on 29 September 2026, its fourth increase this year. It then…
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Negative Gearing and CGT in 2026: What Property Investors Actually Face Now
The negative gearing changes in the 2026 budget rewrote the tax rules for property investors. From 1 July 2027, negative…
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Edmondson Park Property Prices 2026: The Station Premium in Numbers
Edmondson Park property prices sit above every neighbouring suburb on the same former Defence land, and the gap widens with…
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NSW Property Market: Buy Now or Wait 2026
This article was produced and reviewed by the Australia Develops editorial team. See our Editorial Policy for sourcing standards and…
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Sydney Rental Market 2026: Vacancy at Record Low, Rents Up 6% and Where Yields Are Highest
The Sydney rental market in 2026 remains one of the most structurally constrained in the developed world. With a vacancy…