Ep. 125 | 6 Key Steps to Get Ready for Building in 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of Melbourne's building market and outlines six practical steps to prepare for building in 2026.

As 2025 wraps up, we look back at what’s shaped Melbourne’s building market this year - from buyer confidence and builder pricing to investor movement - and share 6 practical steps to get yourself ready for building in 2026. Topic timestamps 3:15 - 2025 summary and current state of Melbourne market 12:48 - Step #1 - Get your finance ready 13:40 - Step #2 - Check builder reopening dates 14:40 - Step #3 - Review upcoming promotions 15:43 - Step #4 - Jump on Realestate.com.au or openlot.com.au ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Colin Bischof, Darren Brennan

Topics covered

• Melbourne building market
• buyer confidence
• builder pricing
• investor movement
• finance preparation
• builder reopening
• promotions review

Keywords

• building market
• Melbourne
• finance
• builder reopening
• promotions
• 2026 preparation
• buyer confidence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Realestate.com.au, openlot.com.au

Places: Melbourne

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