5+ hour, 5+ min ago   (366+ words) Roy Morgan reports that mortgage stress has fallen to its lowest level since January 2023, following the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) three 25 bp rate cuts. Roy Morgan classified 24.7% of mortgage holders as "At Risk' of' mortgage stress' in the three…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (300+ words) Last week's Cotality's daily dwelling values index, which tracks home values across Australia's five major capital city markets, ended 2025 with momentum stalling. At the aggregate 5-city level, Cotality's daily dwelling values index rose 0.5%, down significantly from the 1.0% growth recorded in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (407+ words) A new proposal has been pitched in the United States to address the country's housing crisis. The Trump administration is working to introduce 50-year mortgage terms for homebuyers. Instead of the standard 30-year fixed mortgage, payments would be spread across…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (323+ words) The Albanese government's 5% deposit scheme for first home buyers, which came into effect on 1 October, had the desired effect on home prices. Cotality's daily dwelling values index, which covers the five major capital city markets, surged by 1.1% in October, driven…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (307+ words) Australia's housing market has been on a tear, with Cotality's daily dwelling values index surging by 1% over the past 28 days across the five major capital city markets, the strongest growth rate in two years: The surge in home values follows…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (475+ words) Eliza Owen, head of research at Cotality, has published the following chart on the amount of principal and interest repayments for the median Australian dwelling value ($848,858) under the Albanese government's 5% deposit scheme for first-home buyers, which comes into effect on…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (52+ words) Tarric is an Australian freelance journalist and independent analyst who covers economics, finance, and geopolitics. Tarric is the author of the Avid Commentator Report. His works have appeared in The Washington DC Examiner, The Spectator, The Sydney Morning Herald, News....

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (388+ words) Last week's 0.25% interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has immediately impacted the housing market, with Cotality last week recording the highest capital city final auction clearance rate since July last year at 65.1%. Sydney's final clearance rate…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (528+ words) Real estate agents noted that there has been a marked increase in the number of homes listed for sale in the last week alongside buyer queries. BresicWhitney CEO Thomas McGlynn expects this momentum to continue in the coming weeks after…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (259+ words) Australia's inflation is falling. CBA forecasts that trimmed mean inflation will fall to 2.8% in January, within the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 2% to 3% inflation target. However, this does not mean that the cost-of-living crisis is over. As independent economist Tarric…...