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Vol. 14 · Apr 2025
Rate Watch
4.10%
RBA Cash Rate
25bp
Latest Move
72%
Clearance · Syd
Market In 5 — Featured
14 Chapel St, Mosman — $4.2M
Sold Pre-Auction +18% above reserve
Rate Watch Suburb: Mosman Investor Edge
RBA Cash Rate · 4.10% Sydney Clearance · 72% Melbourne Clearance · 68% National Listings Up · +3.4% YoY Brisbane Median · $892k Units vs Houses Spread Narrows Perth Still Running Hot · Days on Market 12 Investor Lending Tightens RBA Cash Rate · 4.10% Sydney Clearance · 72% Melbourne Clearance · 68% National Listings Up · +3.4% YoY Brisbane Median · $892k Units vs Houses Spread Narrows Perth Still Running Hot · Days on Market 12 Investor Lending Tightens
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Past Issues

22 issues published
Vol. 22 · Latest Issue
Rate cut confirmed: what it actually means for your next purchase
The RBA's April decision lands with more weight than the headline suggests. Clearance rates responded within 48 hours in Sydney and Melbourne. Here's what the data says buyers should do next — and what the media got wrong about the numbers.
Rate Watch Market Pulse Investor Edge Red Flags
Vol. 21 · 30 Mar 2025
Mosman, Fitzroy, New Farm: the three suburbs every investor is watching
This week's suburb spotlight covers three high-demand markets seeing unusual vendor activity in Q1.
Suburb Spotlight Investor Edge
Vol. 20 · 23 Mar 2025
Pre-auction deals surge: vendors are blinking first
Off-market and pre-auction sales spiked 14% nationally this week. The data behind the trend and what it means for buyers with pre-approval ready.
Market in 5 Red Flags
Vol. 19 · 16 Mar 2025
Perth: the market that ignored the national slowdown
While Sydney and Melbourne treaded water, Perth's auction clearance held at 78% and days on market dropped to a 5-year low. The full picture.
Suburb Spotlight Policy Watch
Vol. 18 · 9 Mar 2025
First-home buyer scheme: what changed and who's actually eligible now
The expanded Help to Buy scheme opened new eligibility windows in March. Here's who qualifies, income thresholds, and whether it changes the calculus for buyers in capital cities.
Policy Watch Rate Watch
Vol. 17 · 2 Mar 2025
Clearance rates lie: the stat everyone misreads
A high clearance rate doesn't mean rising prices. We break down the three things inside the number that tell the real story about market depth.
Red Flags Market Pulse
Vol. 16 · 23 Feb 2025
Rental vacancy at 1.2%: what tight supply means for yield investors
SQM's latest vacancy data shows capital city rents unlikely to ease this year. Gross yield implications for houses vs units — the numbers are diverging fast.
Investor Edge Market Pulse
Vol. 15 · 16 Feb 2025
Unit vs house: the data finally settles the investor debate
Five years of returns, split by asset class, across 8 capital cities. The answer isn't what most buyers expected and it depends heavily on suburb selection, not asset type.
Investor Edge Suburb Spotlight
Vol. 14 · 9 Feb 2025
What an RBA pause actually signals (it's not what you think)
Three consecutive pauses historically precede either a cut or a hold through the next calendar year. A plain-English read of what the RBA's language is actually telling us.
Rate Watch Policy Watch
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Rate Watch
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Market in 5
One featured deal — sold before or at auction — with five takeaways about buyer behaviour, reserve gaps, and suburb signals.
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Suburb Spotlight
Median price, days on market, and rental trend for one suburb worth watching — with the data behind the thesis.
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Market Pulse
Three national stats you should actually know this week — sourced from CoreLogic, PropTrack, SQM and RBA data.
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Investor Edge
One practical, data-informed tip for investors. Repeatable, actionable, and relevant to this week's specific market conditions.
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Red Flags
The cautionary signal most buyers will miss this week. Real editorial judgment, not aggregated PR releases from agencies.
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