👑 The most coveted suburbs to best value hotspots across the country 👉
Sydney’s suburbs dominated the Top 10 as home to Australia’s priciest houses and units, led by an eye-watering $17.3m median house value in Point Piper. But affordable gems under 450K can still be found clustered around Hobart and Darwin.
🔗 Check out the full list of top and bottom performers in our Best of the Best 2025 Report.
How it started vs how it’s going: Australian housing values
Over the past 30 years, home values have skyrocketed 454%
See where they were in your nearest capital city from 1995 until now
With the #FirstHomeGuarantee expanding this week, what’s the real cost of a 5% deposit?
While it helps buyers clear the deposit hurdle, a 95% loan-to-value ratio could mean tens-of-thousands more in interest over 30 years.
On the median Australian dwelling value ($848,858), that could add up to around $133,000 more in interest compared to a 20% deposit with no LMI at current mortgage rates.
In our latest analysis, Head of Research Eliza Owen breaks down where the biggest savings really are, and the hidden costs first-home buyers need to watch out for.
🔗 Read more at Cotality Insights.
📉 With higher interest rates and stretched affordability signalling a potential market downturn, historical context can help in understanding what lies ahead.
We recently examined the performance of Austalia's combined capital city markets to see how current conditions compare to previous cycles.
So what does a housing downturn look like?
👉 Let’s look at the top 3️⃣ sharpest declines in capital city property history over the past forty years.
🔗 Read the full analysis in the May #HousingChartPack at Cotality Insights.
In line with market expectations, the RBA has raised rates for the third time in 2026, bringing the cash rate to 4.35%. The move comes as the RBA grapples with stubbornly above-target inflation.
What does this mean for mortgage holders and the current housing headwinds? Head of Research Gerard Burg shares his latest insights on the impact of this hike and what to expect next.
🔗Read more.
It’s one thing to know if a property is in a flood or bushfire zone, but how should the market respond?
In this Beyond the Buildings Australia episode, we examine how escalating climate events are reshaping the housing landscape for the government, banks, and lenders, and what that ultimately means for the homeowner.
🎧 Tune in on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube now.
Where are the most expensive and affordable areas to rent?
From Sydney's Vaucluse houses to Melbourne's Melton South units, these Australian suburbs reveal the rent divide shaping the housing market.
🔗 Check out our latest Quarterly Rental Review to learn more about rental trends in Q1 2026.
📈 Why have home values in WA and QLD doubled in recent years?
Analysis from Cotality’s April Housing Chart Pack identifies a significant supply-demand imbalance as the primary driver. Between Q1 2020 and Q3 2025, dwelling completions in both states lagged significantly behind their share of national population growth.
QLD accounted for over 25% of Australia’s population growth but less than 20% of dwelling completions, while WA represented 17% of growth compared to just 10% of completions.
Head of Research Gerard Burg highlighted that QLD also recorded the largest population increase in the country, with over 25% of national growth attributed to people migrating likely in pursuit of a lifestyle shift for warmer climate and relative affordability.
🔗 Read more in the April Housing Chart Pack.
National home values rose 0.7% in March, taking quarterly growth to 2.1%.
Prices are still rising — but momentum is clearly easing, and the market is becoming far more uneven.
🔗 Watch the full housing market update for April with Research director Tim Lawless now.
According to the Decoding Real Estate 2026 Report, one in three agents currently list properties on their website before publishing on the big portals.
As we move from SEO to the age of AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation), the way people find property listings is fundamentally shifting.
How does your agency stay visible in an AI-driven search world?
Craig Dargusch (Cotality Chief Data Officer) joins Beyond the Buildings Australia to unpack why owning your digital footprint is becoming critical for reaching buyers.
🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.
National home values rose 0.7% in March, up 2.1% for the quarter, but conditions have become more diverse.
Research Director @ Tim Lawless breaks down the headlines for March ⬇️
📈 Sydney (-0.1%) and Melbourne (-0.2%) are seeing a subtle downturn while Perth remains the standout, surging 2.5% for the month
🏠 Demand is concentrated at the lower-priced end of the market, with lower quartile (+1.2%) values significantly outpacing the top end
🗝️ Rental pressure is building as national rents jumped 2.1% this quarter, with vacancy rates sitting at 1.6%.
⚖️ Expect uneven conditions ahead as building demand-side headwinds lead to a further loss of growth momentum.
🔗 Read the full March #HomeValueIndex at Cotality Insights.
Australian property resale profits hit a 20-year high in the December quarter, with a massive 95.9% of homes selling for a gain.
While the median loss edged up to $45,000, the median profit reached a record-breaking $365,000. Check out which regions topped the charts for the biggest gains and losses in the latest property resales 👉
🔗 Download the full #PainandGain Report from Cotality Insights.
