Research News • 09 Apr 2025 Australia’s housing market has seen national home values surge 39.1% over the past five years, adding approximately $230,000 to the median dwelling value, according to CoreLogic’s April Housing Chart Pack. While significant, looking at historical data reveals that the latest five-year growth figure remains well below the historic peaks recorded in…
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By Emilie Lauer 11 April 2025 While confidence in the property market has risen across the March quarter, extensive regulations, low supply, taxes, and affordability issues may hinder the market’s recovery. The latest Property Council Survey has shown a growing optimism in the property industry over the March quarter, with the Confidence Index rising 9 points…
By Sebastian Holloman 01 April 2025 After weeks of speculation, the Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered its second cash rate decision in 2025. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has chosen to hold Australia’s cash rate at 4.10 per cent, after a meeting of the board’s governors this week. This result has come as unsurprising…
By Liv Adams 27 March 2025 February’s consumer price index data has shown a slowdown in growth across housing categories and a modest overall monthly inflation cutback. According to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the consumer price index (CPI) has increased by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months leading up…
Research News • 19 Mar 2025 Australian home sellers enjoyed record-high rates of profitability and dollar value returns over the December quarter, according to CoreLogic’s latest Pain & Gain report. The report, based on data from the December quarter of 2024, analysed 95,300 resales over the period, showing the median nominal gain of $306,000 reached a series high since…
February 2025 quarter This autumn, buyers are actively exploring their options — with enquiry volumes up 4% from last year, a trend that has steadily grown annually since September. This rising sentiment is driven by improved purchasing conditions, a wider selection of homes on the market, and a lower cash rate. Although the upcoming federal…
Lightning speed: How home prices have boomed in the past five years Daniel Butkovich, Property Journalist Updated 19 Mar 2025, 1:50pm First published 19 Mar 2025, 11:10am A tumultuous five years created conditions for the most rapid property-price growth in history, but the enduring economic fallout of the pandemic has led to a big divergence in…
Research News • 14 Mar 2025 It was March 11th of 2020 when the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Although the onset of the pandemic is now five years behind us, the influence on housing markets is still being felt. One of the most significant factors five years on from March 2020 is…
Home Value Index, Research News • 03 Mar 2025 CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index posted a 0.3% rise in February, breaking the short and shallow downturn that lasted just three months and dragging the national measure of home values -0.4% lower. The February rise was subtle, but broad based, with every capital and ‘rest-of-state region except…
By Liv Adams 25 February 2025 The combined capital clearance rate is showing a consistent upward trajectory, indicating an increasing harmony between the expectations of vendors and buyers. CoreLogic’s latest Property Market Indicator Summary revealed that 2,820 homes were taken to auction across the combined capitals in the week ending 23 February. This marks the highest…