Cameron Kusher For the first time ever the average dwelling price nationally eclipsed $1 million in the March 2025 quarter according to the ABS Depending on your perspective, the average property eclipsing the $1 million is fantastic news or a massive policy failure, despite owning a property I lean more towards the latter. Averages are not the best way in which to measure the price … Continue reading The average Australian property owner now has a home worth $1 million

Australia’s housing market saw a shift in momentum over the March quarter 2025, with affordability showing its first signs of relief in over a year. According to the latest Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) Housing Affordability Report, the proportion of median family income needed to meet average loan repayments fell to 48.0%, improving by 2.0 percentage points over the quarter. REIA President, Ms Leanne … Continue reading INTEREST RATES OFFER BREATHING ROOM FOR BUYERS AND RENTERS

New Broker Connect and Buyer Assist services address industry pain point as lending conditions tighten With Broker Daily reporting fewer pre-approvals converting to settlements and failure rates increasing from 40% to almost 60% in the last 3 years, proptech company Homeowner has launched Buyer Assist designed to improve success rates for brokers and buyers. Broker Connect provides mortgage brokers with real-time deal tracking, predictive analytics … Continue reading Homeowner.com.au Launches Solutions to Combat Falling Pre-Approval Settlement Rates

To Broaden SME Access to Non-Bank Lending Solutions Strengthening the commercial broker channel with smarter finance solutions for SMEs Moneytech, one of Australia’s leading non-bank lenders to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has officially joined the LMG (Loan Market Group) aggregation panel, expanding its footprint across the broker channel and making its suite of working capital and asset finance solutions more accessible to businesses nationwide. … Continue reading Moneytech Joins Leading Aggregator LMG

Early in 2025, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) announced a major compliance crackdown on property investors, launching an extensive data-matching program designed to identify tax non-compliance. Over the next three years, the ATO will collect rental bond data from more than 2.2 million landlords, tenants, and property managers twice annually. The program specifically targets underreported rental income, unlodged tax returns, and inaccurate deduction claims. With … Continue reading ATO targets property investors: Are your records audit-proof?

By Caitlin Fono, Research Analyst, CoreLogic Australia 1,080 auctions were held last week, a substantial rise from the 644 homes auctioned over the Easter long weekend a week prior, but well down on this time last year when 1,964 homes were taken to auction across the combined capitals. The lower level of activity can at least partly be attributable to the consecutive long weekends of … Continue reading Combined capital city auction volume down year-on-year

Cameron Kusher There’s another Federal election and there has been a number of housing policy announcements from both major parties that largely address more demand rather than supply constraints. Sunday was the day for big housing policy announcements from Labor and the Coalition and boy was it a major let down but why should we be surprised? Given they are the government of the day, … Continue reading Once again the housing policies leading into a federal election are a disappointment

Monday Market Recap By: Cameron Kusher This week we received data on consumer sentiment, business confidence and conditions, overseas arrivals and departures and auction clearance rates. We also got some major announcements from Federal Labor and Coalition on housing which I will write more about next week. As always these insights are focused specifically on the property sector so please, share, subscribe, comment and give … Continue reading Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment – April 2025

By: Cameron Kusher There was so much new relevant data out this week that I haven’t even included things that are slightly less relevant. So this week were looking at credit growth data, home values, the RBA’s monetary policy decision, building approvals, property listings, new apartment insights and quarterly rental data. We also don’t even have the time to cover the US tariffs in detail … Continue reading Monday Market Recap

CoreLogic to rebrand to Cotality, reflecting the company’s mission to unify property professionals, strengthen industry relationships and drive innovation globally. CoreLogic today announced its global rebrand to Cotality, marking the company’s progression to a leader in property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions from its origins in financial services supporting the mortgage industry. This rebrand introduces a new name, logo and brand identity that reflect the company’s … Continue reading Meet Cotality: CoreLogic Embraces a New Name and Bold Vision for the Future of the Property Industry