Australia Property Market Outlook: Interest Rates, Inflation Risks and Rising Investor Lending
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What are the current challenges facing the Australian property market?
It's the Real Estate Podcast, brought to you by ANZ Home Loans for financial well-beings. And it's your real estate breakfast back for the weekend, breaking down for you the Aussie property market. Got another busy Saturday morning property show coming up with Australia's independent voice on all things real estate. And it's been a worry where we go with this Iran war. Where is it heading? It's another global shock. They seem to be, don't they, coming at regular intervals over the last five years. Trump has gone down a path that even if he wanted to retreat from it, the damage has been done and probably more damage to come. It is a Saturday. It is March the 14th.
How are global conflicts influencing interest rates in Australia?
If you're celebrating your birthday, blowing out the candles, happy birthday to you. Sam Worthington, the actor, turning the big 5-0 today. And Corey Parker, the former captain of the Brisbane Broncos, he is turning 44. And on this day, a pretty big day for Bob Hawke. In 1983, his government was sworn in after the federal election, and that began one of the most influential economic reform periods in modern Australian history. What would Bob Hawke make of the Aussie housing market today? Real estate really has taken a backseat to the headlines lately, with the war in Iran dominating the news cycle. But behind the scenes, the Reserve Bank is watching events very closely. In fact, over the past week, both the RBA Governor Michelle Bullock and the Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser have made it very clear about the conflict, particularly through oil prices and inflation, saying that it could influence interest rate decisions
heading into their meeting, their board meeting, which is taking place next week. So let's right now go to Sydney, catch up with Anthony Landau, the Managing Director of Equilibria Finance. Welcome on to the Saturday Property Show. Yeah, what would Bob Hawke be saying about real estate, do you think?
Look, if we look at what Hawkey might think of real estate in isolation, I think he'd have a lot of concerns. The way the economy is being managed from those days with Hawke and Keating and then Howard and Costello with good, strong economic management is a lot different to how the economy is being managed these days. And that's flowing through to the housing market as we talk about every couple of weeks.
yes i could hear bob hawk saying with regard to what's going on what's this crap about you know he would be mortified so as we move through 2026 a few trends are starting to stand out in the housing market borrowing conditions now they're becoming tougher meaning buyers are having to be more strategic about where and how they enter the market What are the emerging trends that you're seeing? What's standing out for you this year so far?
Yeah, there's two really distinct emerging trends that are really being driven by housing affordability.
What insights does Anthony Landahl provide about the housing market?
We've talked a lot about housing affordability. There's been a lot of data provided, but what we're really now seeing is some trends developing. The first major trend is we're getting the regional markets open. outperforming the city pretty consistently now. Over the last 12 months, the regionals have grown close to 11%, whereas the major capitals are at 8.6%. The regional market medium value is still around 700,000 nationally, whereas capital cities are over a million dollars. The other main trend we're seeing is units are now outperforming houses quite consistently. We've seen capital growth in some areas where units are under a million dollars of close to 20%, which is quite extraordinary. A couple of trends really being driven by affordability, really being driven by price points under a million dollars.
Yeah, really. interesting about the the regional versus the the major cities that is something that trend is going to continue to mushroom it's just a fact of life because as the affordability bites where do people move to they are moving regionally Now, the Reserve Bank, as I mentioned, is very clear on the alert right now. The deputy governor, as well as all the other comments that are flying out of the RBA, Andrew Hauser described inflation as potentially toxic if it's allowed to get out of control.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the current challenges facing the Australian property market?
0:02–0:54
2
How are global conflicts influencing interest rates in Australia?
0:54–3:24
3
What insights does Anthony Landahl provide about the housing market?
3:24–6:16
4
What emerging trends are affecting property affordability?
6:16–9:10
5
How is investor lending changing in the current market?
9:10–12:55
6
What strategies can buyers use to navigate tighter credit policies?
12:55–14:08
Speakers
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