Insight
Are you wondering where property prices are headed and how long we will remain in the doldrums? Every property cycle eventually poses the same question to investors: is this a genuine crash, a soft landing, or something in between? Right now, with national prices falling and confidence at near record lows, those questions are louderRead More
![Brisbane Housing Market Update [video] | August 2026](https://cdn.metropole.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/brisbane2.jpg)
Brisbane, Insight
Brisbane spent two years as the market everyone pointed to when they wanted to argue the Australian housing boom still had room to run. That argument no longer holds. Home values fell 0.6% in July 2026, and revised data now confirms this was the second consecutive month of decline, following a 0.1% fall in June.Read More
![Melbourne Housing Market Update [video] | August 2026](https://cdn.metropole.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7-e1752828126175.jpg)
Insight, Melbourne
Melbourne has now recorded eight consecutive months of falling home values, and the July figure — a 1.2% decline — brings the total loss since the November 2025 cyclical peak to 5.1%. In dollar terms, that represents approximately $46,000 removed from the median dwelling value in eight months. But the more revealing number is aRead More
![Sydney Housing Market Update [video] | August 2026](https://cdn.metropole.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sydney.jpg)
Insight, Sydney
Sydney has now been falling for six straight months, and July delivered the sharpest instalment yet. Home values dropped 1.4% over the month, extending a decline that has run continuously since the market peaked in January. The cumulative loss now stands at 5.3% — roughly $69,000 stripped from the median dwelling value in just overRead More
Insight
Have you been wondering what’s ahead for interest rates, especially with the RBA meeting coming up next week? There’s been a lot of chatter lately from some high-profile commentators suggesting we’re “off the hook” when it comes to inflation. I don’t think that’s the case just yet, and when you look beyond the headline number,Read More
