About this episode
In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your host Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers is back to discuss the property market outlook for 2026.
He also runs through the big 3 property news stories of the weeks, and covers your questions in the Listener Q&A.
Here’s what was discussed this week:
Story 1 – How property markets finished 2025
Story 2 – Construction cost pressures persist amid record construction activity
Story 3 – Suburbs where people are making a loss
- Listener Q&A
- Other news of interest
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How the property market finished 2025 in a way nobody expected
ASX set for soggy start to 2026 as inflation threat looms
Apartment approvals jump, driven by…
Property developers to be taxed $34k for every new home near SRL
RLB Australia Market Intelligence Update – Q4 2025
Suburbs where home owners are selling at a loss
Seven of 38 economists predict a February rate hike
Bad news for interest rates in 2026 as big banks clash over cuts
Dwelling price boom cools
Aborted house price boom eases RBA pressure
Property prices still tipped to break records in 2026
Rents reaccelerate as vacancy rates tighten
