Property Prices

Domain's latest quarterly house price report has found the cost to buy a home increased by 9.9 per cent in the last quarter of 2025, to a median of $1,087,762.

Property analysts say a mix of economic conditions, policy settings and demographic shifts are among the reasons for the city's subdued dwelling price growth in the past five years.

Mining companies were the 'big winners' on the share market today, while rents are rising to record highs -- but at a slower pace.

The Australian share market ended its day marginally higher, while the Albanese government's 5 per cent deposit scheme appears to be driving up house prices, as finance presenter David Chau explains.

George Nakhoul has been operating Furniture Restoration on James Street in Guildford since the late 1980s, but a rent spike means the shop will have to close its doors. 

The red-hot Australian housing market is showing the first signs of easing since interest rates started rising in May 2022.

First home buyers are being priced out of the Darwin property market by interstate investors looking to cash in on high rental yields, with many properties sold without even being listed. 

Rents have risen by more than 50 per cent since 2019 and are expected to rise by another three to four per cent in 2026, according to Domain's latest report "Renting in 2026."

Inflation is a problem as 2025 comes to a close and it's set to remain that way. Without a swift rise in productivity or a financial markets meltdown, borrowers are facing several interest rate hikes next year.

Housing prices continue to climb across the country but the pace of growth is easing as the Sydney and Melbourne markets lag the mid-sized capital cities.  

South-east Queensland's population is set to reach 4.5 million by the time Brisbane hosts the 2032 Olympics, new analysis shows, despite rising property prices driven by a lack of supply.

National home values rose 1 per cent in November, according to Cotality's monthly index, which was the third straight month of gains above 1 per cent. But the pace of growth did moderate as the prospect of rate cuts faded.

It's been called a bubble for more than 15 years but the great Aussie housing price boom has barely skipped a beat, as regulators eye the threat of risky loans.

In his first TV interview, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) chair John Lonsdale joins The Business to discuss the banking regulator's decision to limit high debt-to-income loans to 20 per cent of all new loans approved.

The banking regulator will impose new restrictions on home loans from early next year to limit the number of "high-risk" mortgages being issued.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will impose new restrictions on residential mortgage lending from February 2026. While technology stocks continued to rebound overseas, the ASX 200 managed to end its day marginally higher.

The banking regulator will impose restrictions on home loans from early next year to limit the number of "high-risk" large loans being issued to customers, which could have flow on effects in the housing market.

A number of people slept in front of a real estate office in Western Australia's far north on Monday night in an attempt to purchase a block of land. 

ABC's chief business correspondent Ian Verrender says the banking regulator is alive to the idea that the surge in Australian property prices is a home-grown bubble, and APRA could soon move to protect the economy's financial stability.

Home prices have risen by almost 50 per cent in the past five years, with more than a decade now needed to save for a standard 20 per cent deposit for a house in most capital cities, according to a new report.