3+ day, 2+ min 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…...

5+ day, 28+ min 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…...

5+ day, 42+ min ago   (371+ words) Lenders are cutting rates to poach rivals' customers as property values fall, even as fresh signals point to a possible RBA hike this month. Canstar data insights director Sally Tindall (pictured) said the discounting reflects a broader shift in how…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (391+ words) Non-bank mortgage manager So Money has announced a partnership with construction platform HomePay, offering borrowers up to 12 months of paused repayments on land and construction loans while their home is being built. Under the arrangement, repayments due during the construction…...

6+ day, 33+ min ago   (375+ words) Perth's property market is showing clearer signs of rebalancing, with the number of homes advertised for sale reaching 7,335 at the end of August — the highest total since March 2023. The figure was up 7.8% on July and a striking 146.1% higher than the…...

6+ day, 21+ 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   (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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (426+ words) Housing approvals fell in July, putting a near-term turnaround in housing supply further out of reach. The total number of dwellings approved dropped 3.6% in July to 17,687, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (345+ words) National home prices fell 0.2% in August, according to realestate.com.au's latest Home Price Report, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline. Prices now sit 2.7% below their March 2026 peak, though annual growth remains positive at 1.8%, continuing to moderate as the downturn…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (436+ words) Queensland's property market has recorded its first broad-based quarterly softening in years, according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland's (REIQ) latest median sales data for the June 2026 quarter. The statewide median house price slipped 0.91% to $983,000, while the median unit…...