Property experts across the country are supporting a lift in house prices this year but they remain wary of the effect of potential interest rate hikes.
A lack of basic infrastructure across major growth areas in Australia is preventing the construction of thousands of new houses.
Foreign investment should be seen as a requirement for major housing developments rather than a handbrake on new projects.
A peak advocacy group has called on the Government to curb tax breaks for investors and concentrate on increasing the number of social housing complexes nationally.
Government policies and inflation rates have put a fire under the property market, particularly in the second half of 2025. But the heat has really come to Western Australia, pushing prices higher than expected. Finding bargains in Perth this year will be hard, a national market report claims.
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