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Jan 26, 2026

THE MARKET, THE MOOD & THE MONEY

Every January, the market does that thing where it stretches, rubs its eyes and decides who it’s going to be for the year. Cotality’s January Monthly Housing Chart Pack just dropped, and it’s one of

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Jan 20, 2026

WHEN EVERYWHERE FEELS EXPENSIVE

There was a time when housing stress had a postcode. If prices surged in one city, you looked elsewhere. If inner-city felt impossible, you widened the circle. If coastal markets overheated, regional

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Jan 14, 2026

JANUARY IS NOT AS SLEEPY AS YOU THINK

January gets a bad reputation. People think nothing happens. That everyone is away. That the market is asleep. But that is not quite true. January is when the noise drops away. When the tyre kicke

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Dec 15, 2025

2801/140 ALICE STREET

Some sales make noise after settlement. This one has shifted the conversation before it has even settled. 2801/140 Alice Street, Brisbane City is due to settle in the coming days, and already it has

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Nov 26, 2025

AFFORDABILITY HAS CHANGED, BRISBANE HAS CHANGED, AND OUR METRICS NEED TO CATCH UP

Affordability gets tossed around a lot, usually in neat soundbites or outdated ratios that were built for a very different Australia. The old three-times-income rule belonged to an era of single pay p

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Nov 17, 2025

THE FIVE PERCENT MIRAGE

Across Australia, more than five thousand buyers bought their homes last month with only a five percent deposit. On first glance, it looks like progress. More people entering the market. More happy ke

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Oct 29, 2025

VACANCY? WHAT VACANCY?

Australia’s rental shortage isn’t just a phase. It’s a structural failure - years in the making, Covid merely lit the match. Vacancy rates fell off a cliff in 2020 and never climbed back. The nationa

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Oct 16, 2025

HOW RISING RENTS ARE RESHAPING INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN SE QUEENSLAND

If you’ve tried to rent, lease or invest anywhere near Brisbane lately, you’ll know the story: demand is relentless, supply is thin, and tenants are moving faster than agents can list. For investors,