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Australia’s auction market has gathered strength over recent months.
Last week’s national final auction clearance rate of 70.0% was the strongest result since the week ending 11th February 2024 (70.3%).
02-Sept-2025

Shock inflation rise puts dent in rate cut hopes

Newly released inflation data has shocked market expectations and put hopes of another interest rate cut next month in serious doubt.

Read more 02-Sept-2025

What the 2025 Rich List reveals about how our weal...

This year’s AFR Rich List 200 once again reveals some eye-watering figures and surprising insights. While the list itself is interesting, what is more...

Read more 18-July-2025

Latest News

Scary prediction about the impact AI revolution could have on Australian jobs

As concern continues to build over the potential impact of AI and the rise of humanoid robotics on the labour market, it’s swiftly clear how vulnerable our society is to ...

Read more 02-Sept-2025

RBA looks all but guaranteed to cut rates next month

Rate cut outlook firms as RBA gets the 'outstanding' inflation data it was waiting for

Read more 06-Aug-2025

Why Australia's divorce rate is the lowest it's been in 50 years

At first glance, it might seem like good news. Divorces in Australia have dropped to their lowest rate since no-fault divorce was introduced. And on average, marriages ar...

Read more 28-July-2025

Millions warned as ASIC cracks down on 18 Aussie finance influencers: 'Real harm'

ASIC has issued more than a dozen warning notices to content creators suspected of giving out dodgy financial advice.

Read more 18-June-2025

Australia’s property shift: Units now outperforming houses

A major new report from Hotspotting and Nuestar has flipped Australia’s long-held property logic, revealing unit prices are now rising faster than house prices in the maj...

Read more 18-June-2025

Another ‘extend and pretend’ mortgage arrives in Australia

A recent Finder survey found that nearly one-third of Australian consumers would consider a 40-year mortgage if it reduced their monthly repayments to a more manageable l...

Read more 09-May-2025

Lightning speed: How home prices have boomed in the past five years

A tumultuous five years created conditions for the most rapid property-price growth in history, but the enduring economic fallout of the pandemic has led to a big diverge...

Read more 20-Mar-2025

More builders likely to fail in absence of any construction silver bullet

In the first seven months of this financial year, 1,999 construction firms were declared insolvent. This was 26 per cent higher than the same period in 2023-24 (1,583) an...

Read more 24-Feb-2025

Migration balloons by 80,000 above expectations, adding to housing pressures

Australia's migrant population will rise above the government's expectations by 80,000 people over this financial year, adding to pressure on Australia's housing and rent...

Read more 20-Dec-2024