Economic updates

The 2026 Budget slows NDIS payment growth by $37.8bn over four years, with significant implications for Australia's healthcare and aged care property sectors.

The 2026 Federal Budget shifts focus from demand to supply, targeting the infrastructure and workforce barriers holding back housing delivery across Australia.

Fuel and fertiliser costs are squeezing Australian agriculture hard. The 2026 Budget offers partial relief but structural pressure on farm costs and rural land values remains.

The 2026 Budget brings meaningful changes for commercial property investors. Here's a clear look at the CGT reforms, trust impacts and timing.

From our Luxury Outlook 2026: luxury can mean different things to different people - material quality, prestigious location, or simply how a place fits your life. The luxury market's geography is being redrawn by what buyers value most.

Today's rate rise responds to inflation moving in the wrong direction, with housing sitting at the centre. Fuel, rental pressure and construction costs are all rising, creating a complex problem that extends beyond what rates can solve.

April house prices reveal uncertainty influencing behaviour before it shows in transactions. Policy risks, rate expectations and global conditions shift buyer activity even when price declines remain modest in some markets.

As the budget approaches, housing policy will be debated extensively. The challenge is distinguishing measures that expand the housing system's capacity from those that simply redistribute pressure between buyers and renters.

Inner Brisbane is riding a wave of "extraordinary growth" and remains "far more active and resilient" than public perception suggests, according to property leaders at last night’s packed out Collective Property Market Outlook event at the Calile Hotel.

Australia's homeownership rate hasn't moved much in a decade. But the way people get there and what it costs them has changed significantly.

Victoria's relative affordability hasn't been created by policy - it's been built through sustained supply. But policy settings that discourage investors don't create affordability, they redistribute where housing pressure lands.

Different industries face different productivity challenges, requiring different solutions. Construction's slow productivity growth reflects factors that robots and automation can't directly address - yet technology still has a role to play.