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A slowdown does not land on every suburb at the same time or with the same force. The variable that best explains which parts of the market are still moving is not price, location or demand. It is investor share.

Walking into an open home right now feels different compared to a year ago. The frantic energy has eased, the street parking is a little easier to find, and the crowd hovering around the agent isn't quite as packed.

Luxury property is often discussed as a single market. The suburb-level data across Australia's major capitals tells a different story, with each city sitting at a distinctly different point in its own growth cycle.

A reluctance among would-be sellers to commit to the market is emerging as one of the most significant factors weighing on auction clearance rates, according to Ray White CEO of Performance and Value, Thomas McGlynn.

For years, owning an investment property felt relatively straightforward. Buy a quality asset, find a good tenant and let time do the heavy lifting. Today, it feels different.

The SMSF borrowing ban has been framed as a small change based on the official data. Whether that framing holds depends on where in the development process you start counting the impact of those buyers.

If you’ve walked through an open home in the past few weeks, you might have noticed something missing.

The price crash narrative is gaining traction, but the real risk is not a uniform national decline. It is a more uneven market, where the segments that had the most policy support are now the most exposed to what comes next.

At a national level, housing completions and population growth can look close to balanced. That conclusion depends on assumptions about household size that may no longer hold, and it disappears entirely at the state level.N

More than 3,700 people registered for Ray White's Federal Budget webinar, making it the most in-demand customer-facing webinar the group has ever hosted as investors sought answers on sweeping changes to Australia's property tax landscape.

Sydney has been a two-speed market for some time, with the cheaper end outperforming the premium end. The May data is the first sign that the order of those two speeds may be about to invert.

The Australian real estate sector is facing its most significant regulatory shift in decades with the implementation of Tranche 2 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2024.

Luxury property premiums used to be straightforward to read. Views, square metres, postcode, finishes. The technology buyers now expect at the top of the market is changing what those premiums actually price.

The Australian property market is constantly influenced by shifting economic factors. Adjustments to the Federal Budget, fluctuating interest rates, policy risks, and global economic anxieties naturally cause buyers - and sellers - to become more cautious.

The real estate market moves fast, but few methods of sale capture the energy, transparency, and value-driving potential of a well-run auction.

In a market defined by shifting sands, the annual Ray White Luxury Outlook has become the North Star for the prestige property sector.

With AI and smart technology permeating every area of modern life, expectations of constant innovation in the customer journey grow exponentially.