Property costs

Home prices in Australia in 2026 remain among the highest relative to income of any country in the developed world, with Sydney’s median dwelling value sitting above $1.1 million and every major capital city recording prices that have, in real terms, outpaced wages by a significant margin over the past decade. The ABS Residential Property…

Australian property prices have continued rising in 2026, but the story is more complicated than a single national figure suggests. Affordability has reached record lows, the gap between cities is widening, and the data on what it now takes to buy a home in Australia is confronting. Here is what the publicly available data shows…