Australian Housing: What’s Next For Prices?

About this episode

The episode discusses the resilience of Australia's housing market and the factors influencing home prices amidst rising interest rates.

Australia’s housing market has remained resilient, but is the strong growth in home prices set to slow as interest rates rise? Host Mandy Drury speaks with CommBank Senior Economist Trent Saunders about how the housing market has evolved and what’s driving price growth across the country. From rising interest rates to strong population growth and ongoing supply constraints, they unpack why conditions vary so widely between capital cities and what’s behind the ongoing pressure in the rental market. Trent explains why price growth is expected to ease into late 2026, and how factors like mortgage rates, population trends and policy changes could shape the outlook. He also explores the potential impact of adjustments to the capital gains tax discount, and what it could mean for housing prices, rents and overall affordability. Plus, CommBank’s John Oh shares the key focuses for markets in the week ahead. Important Information This podcast is approved and distributed by Global Economic & Markets Research (“GEMR”), a business division of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124 AFSL 234945 (“the Bank”). Before listening to…

People in this episode

Host: Mandy Drury

Guest: Trent Saunders

Topics covered

• Australian housing market
• home prices
• interest rates
• population growth
• rental market
• capital gains tax
• market outlook

Keywords

• housing market
• home prices
• interest rates
• population growth
• rental market
• capital gains tax
• affordability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CommBank, Global Economic & Markets Research, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

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