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Domain House Price Report June Qtr 2026: The Boom Ends as Adelaide Overtakes Melbourne
Combined capital house prices fell 1.4% (−$17,489) — the first quarterly decline in more than three years. Sydney dropped 3.3% to $1,733,891, Melbourne 3.1%, while Adelaide surged 4.8% to a record $1.125m and took fourth place. Units fell everywhere except Darwin. The two-speed split, yield repair at 3.7% gross, the downturn vs 2017-19 and 2022-23, and our city-by-city stance into the August RBA decision.
SQM Vacancy June 2026: 1.3% — the Easing Is Confirmed, But Only in Half the Country
National vacancy rose to 1.3% (39,229 dwellings) — back at its June 2025 level after the March low of 1.0%. Sydney drove 82% of the rise while Perth tightened to 0.6% and Darwin held 0.3% with just 64 vacant dwellings. Asking rents eased 0.4% over the month but remain +8.1% YoY. City-by-city breakdown, the yield arithmetic against the price downturn, and what could re-tighten the market.
ABS Building Approvals May 2026: Apartments Crash 30% — the Housing Supply Scorecard
Total approvals fell 1.1% to 17,019 — but houses hit 10,537 (highest since Sep 2021) while apartments crashed 30% in original terms, ~29% below their 12-month average. Building value hit a record $21.07bn, yet residential fell 5.7% as data centres surged 41%. Why apartment feasibility is broken, the Accord arithmetic (~15% short), the carve-out's early baseline, the approvals→rents transmission, and what could break the scarcity thesis.
PropTrack HPI June 2026: Prices Fall a Third Month as Seven of Eight Capitals Decline
PropTrack fell 0.3% in June — confirming Cotality's downturn call, and broader: seven of eight capitals declined, with only Darwin rising and regions flat at record highs. Rates are the primary driver, the Budget tax changes an added headwind on investor demand. Units (+6.7%) outgrow houses (+5.6%); the Perth sign-divergence between the indices requires confirmation. Full cross-check, demand-floor and yield analysis.
Cotality HVI June 2026: The Downturn Deepens — Biggest Monthly Fall Since December 2022
National values fell 0.4% in June — the steepest month since December 2022 and a third straight fall from the March peak. Sydney (−1.2%) and Melbourne (−1.0%) lead; the combined capitals dropped 1.3% for the quarter while Perth, Darwin and the regions still edged higher. Auction clearances sit below 50% and sales are −16.2% y/y, yet rents are re-accelerating (~5.9%) so yields are expanding. The 8-capital split, the PropTrack cross-check, a 2022-vs-2026 comparison, three scenarios and the 2027 outlook.
ABS CPI May 2026: Headline Eases to 4.0% but the Trimmed Mean Climbs to 3.6%
A 4.0% headline looks like progress, but the RBA's preferred trimmed mean rose a second straight month to 3.6% — above target and broadening. New dwellings accelerated to +5.6%; electricity is +21.1% headline but +3.9% ex-rebate. The August RBA split (Westpac alone tips 4.85%), three rate scenarios with repayment maths, and the read-through for borrowing capacity, holding costs and rents.
Westpac–MI Sentiment June 2026: House-Price Expectations Crash Below the Long-Run Average
The House Price Expectations Index fell 14.9% to 128.2 — below its long-run average for the first time in ~3 years — as the share expecting price rises dropped from 66% to 52%. Yet 'time to buy a dwelling' rose 12.6%: the signature of a market tipping toward buyers. The sentiment-leads-prices link, the tax-reform channel, the two-speed state split, and what would invalidate the contrarian read.
ABS Dwelling Values March Q1 2026: Australia's Housing Hits $12.8 Trillion
Total value +2.5% (+$315.9bn) to a record $12.8tn; mean price $1,111,100 (+2.0% qtr, +10.3% yr). WA mean +25.4% vs Victoria +4.1% — the official data on a ~21-point divergence. Methodology, mean-vs-median, a 5-year history table, and the investor risks to watch.
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