Boom or Bust? What SQM Research's Leading Indicators Say About Australian Property in May 2026
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Labor vs Coalition: The Political Divide Reshaping Australia’s Property Investment Landscape
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Boom or Bust? What SQM Research's Leading Indicators Say About Australian Property in May 2026
Sydney asking prices are down 1.1% in a month. Hobart rents are up 14.8% in a year. SQM Research's May 2026 data shows Australia's property market hasn't boomed or busted — it's split into eight different cities.
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Buy First, Live Later: The Rentvesting Pivot
Wages have doubled in twenty years. House prices across Australia's major cities have tripled, and in some cases quadrupled. For a generation locked out of the suburbs they grew up in, a once-fringe strategy has quietly become mainstream — and the numbers explain why.
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When the algorithm picks the price: APRA's AI letter puts AVMs in the spotlight
Australia's banking regulator has put every regulated lender on notice over AI risk — and the automated valuation models that quietly price more than 96% of Australian homes are squarely inside the new perimeter.
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The fixed vs variable question has shifted — and most borrowers haven't noticed yet
After a third consecutive hike took the RBA cash rate back to 4.35% in May 2026, the fixed-vs-variable question has reopened. Variable still wins the new-loan data; more than a third of mortgage holders say they plan to fix this year.
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