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The May budget was supposed to tighten the rental market: fewer investors, less rental supply, lower vacancy and higher rents. Five months on, the data is telling a different story. Australia’s average vacancy rate has climbed from close to 0.5% to 0.9% this year, and fewer than half of the 300+ SA3s analysed have seen rental growth speed up since the...
Two apartments in two of Sydney's most desirable suburbs. Supply is tight, rental demand is strong, and both now return more than 5% on their purchase price. On paper, they're great properties to hold. So why might selling still be the right call?
Adelaide's next growth opportunity isn't where most investors are looking. It's not in the city. It's not in the suburbs. It's a regional town just north of the city. And the data behind it might surprise you. More than 15% annual growth for 5 years straight. Jobs more than double than pre-pandemic levels. Vacancy under 1% and still falling.
A falling median price doesn’t always mean property values are falling.
Cairns grew 17% last year. Hobart grew 5%. On paper, the choice looks obvious. But choosing purely based on recent growth could mean buying into a market with less growth left ahead, while overlooking one with a full cycle of recovery still in front of it. In this episode, Junge…
If you're only following the national headlines, you'll miss what's happening in some of Australia's smaller regional markets.
Every year since 2022, InvestorKit has consistently produced the Australia's Housing Fundamentals White Paper, tracking fundamentals across three core categories: demand, supply, and confidence. Now in its 5th edition, we can finally look back and ask: what's actually changed over five years, and what's stayed exactly the same?
An investor owns a townhouse in Altona North, Melbourne, surrounded by what looks like empty land. They're worried future oversupply could kill the property's growth, and they're weighing whether to sell before it happens. Is that concern actually justified?
Five years ago, more than half of Australia's regions had a median house price under $600,000.
Should you buy a property now, or wait until interest rates come down? It sounds like a simple question. The answer might surprise you.
Tamworth has quietly become one of Australia's best performing regional markets, posting 19% growth in the past 12 months alone. But population growth is slowing, vacancy rates are edging higher, and affordability is deteriorating. So what's actually driving the growth, and does it have room left to run?
Higher interest rates. Negative gearing changes. CGT discount changes. SMSF changes. It's a fair question right now: is property still worth it in 2026?
