2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (357+ words) This year's Australian Mortgage Awards (AMAs) are fast approaching, and if you haven't locked in your hotel room yet, consider this a friendly warning. The Australian mortgage industry’s biggest night of the year is now less than five weeks away,…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (396+ words) A new national poll suggests Australians have lost faith in the country's ability to build enough homes to solve the housing crisis, with a clear majority instead backing cuts to migration, The Daily Telegraph reported. When forced to choose between…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (391+ words) Australia's housing correction is deepening, and stretched borrowing capacity is doing much of the work in deciding where the pain lands hardest. Tim Lawless (pictured left), Cotality's head of research, Asia Pacific, writing on LinkedIn, said constrained servicing power is…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (327+ words) The total value of Australia's residential dwellings has fallen for the first time in nearly four years, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The ABS reported that the value of Australia's dwelling stock dropped $34.1 billion, or…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (431+ words) More than one in five new homes approved across Australia in the year to June 2026 were built in areas already grappling with high mortgage stress, according to new OurTop10 Pressure Corridors research. Of the 51 council areas analysed, 38 growth-corridor councils recorded mortgage-stress…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (413+ words) The opening week of the spring selling season has delivered a subdued start, with 1,462 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities — 31.1% fewer than the same week last year. Tim Lawless (pictured), Cotality's head of research, Asia Pacific, noted…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (391+ words) Australia's home-building sector remains well short of its glory days. Total residential construction spending nationally sits 2.6% below the peak recorded in June 2018, despite an 8.4% rise over the past year. Six of the eight states and territories remain below their own…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (612+ words) Blank Financial is expanding. And the Melbourne-based brokerage marked the next phase of its growth story with a stylish party in the penthouse of South Melbourne's Luminare. The firm, which was founded in 2017 by Bernard Desmond, has added five brokers…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (444+ words) Buyers are gaining the upper hand in Australia's property market, as falling prices and softer conditions give aspiring homeowners and brokers more room to negotiate. During the winter quarter, or the three months ending 31 August, house values dropped in all…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (383+ words) Australia's mortgage market has hit its weakest patch since 2023, with APRA figures for July showing total home loan books grew just 0.2% — the slowest monthly pace in three years. This time round, the RBA has hiked rates far less aggressively than…...