Skip to playerSkip to main content
  • 9 months ago
The super-charged Australian housing market is showing its first signs of easing since interest rates started rising back in May 2022. And with increasing signals that further rate hikes are on the agenda in 2026, the market is expected to remain subdued.

Category

📺
TV
Transcript
00:00Under the hammer in Sydney's west.
00:05Bitter eight at one five, at one million five with bitter eight.
00:09Buyers are holding their breath.
00:11The market has gone up very, very, very crazy. It's very bad.
00:15December saw the smallest monthly increase in five months, up just 0.7 of a percent.
00:22Sydney and Melbourne property markets went backwards for the first time since January last year,
00:28while Adelaide and Perth saw the strongest gains, both up one point nine percent.
00:34I don't think this is a blip.
00:35We were already seeing the market slowing down ahead of December.
00:38And I think it's setting the scene for a softer 2026.
00:42Pockets of the property market remain strong.
00:45If you have a look at anything priced under around a million dollars,
00:48the five percent deposit scheme is really accelerating growth at that price point.
00:54And we still have markets like Perth, which are continuing to see very strong growth,
00:59and also South East Queensland.
01:01And while some areas across the country are expected to see stronger property price growth in 2026,
01:08the direction of interest rates is likely to influence the broader market.
01:12I don't think it's going to boom, but I don't think it's going to drop.
01:14I think it's just going to be very steady.
01:15As long as the interest rates are steady, the market will stay the same.
01:19Going.
01:20Gone.
01:21Give them a round of applause.
01:23There you go.
01:24Another successful bidder in a challenging market.
Comments

Recommended