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Australia’s housing market keeps climbing, with Brisbane’s median house price hitting $1.2m and new affordability frontiers emerging across the country.

While auctions rebound and mid-size cities lead growth, building approvals are falling and supply pressures remain.

For buyers, smarter data use and creative strategies are becoming essential as the gap between generations widens.

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Home Buyers Around the Country

  • Cost of living crunch forces millions of Australians to choose camping over hotels (REA)

  • The housing gap dividing Australia's generations (Domain)

  • How to use property data to score your first home (SPI)

  • Single income buyers squeezed in Melbourne market (REA)

  • How a single move can cost Aussies over $80k (Domain)

  • Mortgage brokers power record $142bn in December home loans (ABN)

  • The common contract mistakes catching out homebuyers and costing them thousands (REA)

  • The first-home buyer strategy where others pay your mortgage (Domain)

  • Simple DIY job can add 10 per cent value to your home (REA)

  • This northern beaches suburb feels like a bush escape only a 10-minute drive from Manly (Domain)

  • Sydney homebuyers face painful 33-year wait (REA)

  • Support or setback? Young buyers stung by government grants (SPI)

  • Welcome to Australia's most expensive street: Kambala Road (Domain)

Investors

  • Brisbane’s median house price hits record $1.2m as buyers pay more for ruins (REA)

  • Mid-size cities lead property price charge as higher rates fail to slow buyers (ABC)

  • Brisbane apartment crisis: Shocking new data reveals supply threat (REA)

  • It was on the market for $1.1 million, but the bids kept coming – how this Coburg cottage sold for $328k over reserve (Domain)

  • Auctions bounce as buyers brave interest rate worries (AFR)

  • PropTrack Home Price Index – February 2026 (REA)

  • Australia's five remaining capital-city suburbs where you can buy a house for under $500,000 (Domain)

  • Inflation, oil, confidence to hit home-building, developer warns (AFR)

  • Home prices pass million-dollar milestone as last frontiers of affordability begin to boom (REA)

  • Timing, location, and life stage: The triple formula for growth (SPI)

  • February property listings surge, but tight supply fuels price gains (ABN)

  • The family friendly suburbs set to grow in 2026 (REA)

  • Investors urged to assess portfolios as possible negative gearing changes loom (SPI)

  • Building approvals in freefall as housing crisis deepens (ABN)

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