The 2025 Hidden Costs Report, now in its fifth year, canvassed more than 1,000 WA adults and tracks community awareness of ...

"This appetite for growth is the headline story," Saoud told Australian Broker. "The surge in SME borrowing is being driven ...

For 2026, forecasts have been trimmed to 6% (from 9%), reflecting delayed rate cuts, a worse starting point for affordability ...

“November’s drop in listings is entirely consistent with the seasonal slowdown we see post-spring. What’s more concerning is ...

Tasmania: 39 suburbs under $500,000, including several in the Hobart region such as Gagebrook ($380,250), Herdsmans Cove ...

With fewer homes coming onto the market, prices keep rising and competition intensifies, pushing some buyers out altogether, ...

For those newer and smaller businesses, access to credit remains one of the biggest roadblocks to growth – and a key area ...

“Fixed rates are on the rise on the back of yet another round of higher-than-expected inflation data and a falling ...

Australian mortgage markets posted another solid month of price gains in November, but growth is increasingly skewed towards ...

“Despite this decline, newly advertised stock remains 0.9% higher than a year ago, indicating that supply is still tight but broadly unchanged from late 2024. With fewer sellers coming to market, ...

The bank had previously forecasted the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would cut the official cash rate (OCR) once more, sometime in early to mid 2026, bringing rates down to 3.35%.

According to PropTrack’s Housing Affordability Index, a median-income household earning about $118,000 could afford just 15% ...