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Overvalued or Undervalued? 2026 Edition
Building on our Overvalued or Undervalued whitepapers in the past 4 years, let's explore how the relative affordability of each city/region has changed over 2025 to gain insights for 2026.
What You Could Learn
A clearer view of the market.
- Which cities' affordability are improving and which are worsening?
- How is the market pressure in Australia’s biggest property sub-markets?
- Where is each of these sub-markets heading in 2026?
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Affordability Methodology
How we assess relative affordability: mortgage serviceability vs. local incomes across multiple interest rate scenarios.
Capital City Affordability
Which capital city house markets have exceeded, or remain within, local borrowers' serviceability thresholds.
Regional Market Affordability
Affordability analysis of the 25 most populated regional cities: where relative value still exists.
Market Pressure & Outlook
Combining affordability with market pressure to identify which markets are well-positioned for growth.
A closer look
A taste of what this report reveals
33 Markets
Australia’s capitals and key regional cities analysed
18 of 33
Markets still achieved double-digit growth despite affordability pressure
Higher Rates
Which property markets can withstand further rate hikes?
Cash rate target is back at 4.35%. Which Australian property markets can still grow in an increasingly unaffordable environment?
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