A commercial and residential property lender's move to test investor appetite exposes the tension between aggregator ownership and multi-channel distribution.

Three straight months of falling sales despite record investor lending into new builds, so where are the owner-occupiers?

Households earning six figures now face rental stress in Western Australia's tightest market in decades. What income actually works, and is your state next?

New entrants are the only group still increasing loan applications while investor demand falls, but is this surge sustainable or a policy-driven sugar hit?

Median apartments now eat more than half of take-home pay for a $70k earner in every capital, and regional centres offer no escape.

Two million Australian households plan to downsize within five years, but whether that frees up family homes or floods the wrong end of the market depends on where they move and what they leave behind.

Property transaction volumes fell sharply mid-year, and now furniture and appliance chains are feeling the secondary hit.

Firms are choosing liquidity over equipment. What that means for property.

Liberty's mortgage book shrank while secured lending jumped 50%. The shift reveals which categories are absorbing capital that would have funded home loans a year ago.

Three in five mortgage holders now spend more than a third of their income on repayments, pushing 1.4 million households past recommended serviceability thresholds.

The funding model that built broker independence is unwinding. One major aggregator just shifted $1.3bn away from third-party lenders to its own book.

One aggregator now touches 11% of new mortgages. Does scale give brokers leverage over banks, or build a chokepoint that eventually narrows your options?

One network now writes one in nine Australian mortgages, but the profit growth happened during a lending downturn, not a boom.

Non-bank mortgage volume jumped $4.14bn year-on-year while major bank growth stalled at 2.6%. The gap reveals who's being shut out of traditional credit.

July jobless rate climbs to 4.5%, labour market cools, yet inflation still sits above target, so what changes for the 891,000 borrowers already scraping by?

Industry bodies warn draft CGT and negative gearing changes could stall investment in build-to-rent, retirement villages and student housing, the government hasn't said if its modelling accounts for those supply effects.

An Anglican parish is trading land for housing and community space. The model works, but most religious landholdings stay locked.

Federal funding targets approvals and zoning, yet WA already clears projects faster than most states. The constraint may lie elsewhere.

As home equity contracts and the super pool tops $3.5 trillion, politicians are eyeing retirement savings with new intensity, and voters are pushing back.

State fines and licence conditions hit one major builder. Whether that money flows to buyers or just joins the insolvency queue remains unclear.

Major planning changes haven't moved the build rate. So where's the real blockage, and can more reform fix it?

US developer claims factory-built townhouses slash build cost by half, but land, approvals and local capacity tell a different story.

Tax changes meant to boost supply have pushed investors and first-timers into the same narrow price band. The data shows how that's playing out in Queensland.

Investor loan commitments fell 8.6% last quarter while owner-occupier demand held firmer. That shift changes the math on whether a sitting tenant helps or hurts your sale price.

A 1% fee difference compounds to thousands over a decade, but the real damage comes from what cheap managers miss.

The federal borrowing ban has worked, capital is leaving residential SMSFs faster than forecast, but it's flowing straight into commercial assets, not out of property altogether.

Policy cooled local demand but the capital didn't stay, it crossed the Tasman. What that means for supply.

Investor-heavy suburbs are losing ground faster than anyone forecast, the data suggests a structural shift is underway.

Transaction volumes jumped 82% year-on-year, but the shift raises questions about residential rental supply and whether investors are chasing income or betting on recovery.

One in three over-55s are delaying sales, choosing reverse mortgages over auction risk — and the supply impact is starting to show.

Tax changes have killed negative gearing's appeal. Inner-city units now deliver 5%+ yields, but the rush into these pockets is already shifting prices.

A new wave of property optimism is colliding with weak building numbers, stretched affordability and renewed rate anxiety. That tension could decide who gets locked out, and who adjusts fast enough to stay in the game.

Four bidders drove a western Sydney house $50,000 past expectations while clearance rates sit at 45%. What made this one different?

Renovated townhouses in Mount Waverley Secondary College catchment are selling $400,000 under comparable houses, but the math only works if you're willing to lose land.