Housing Market Insights: Forecasting Australia's House Costs for 2024 and 2025

A recent report by Domain forecasts that real estate rates in various areas of the country, especially in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Sydney, are expected to see substantial increases in the upcoming monetary

Across the combined capitals, home costs are tipped to increase by 4 to 7 percent, while unit rates are expected to grow by 3 to 5 percent.

By the end of the 2025 fiscal year, the average home price will have gone beyond $1.7 million in Sydney and $800,000 in Perth, according to the Domain Forecast Report. Adelaide and Brisbane will be on the cusp of splitting the $1 million average home price, if they have not currently hit 7 figures.

The housing market in the Gold Coast is expected to reach brand-new highs, with prices predicted to increase by 3 to 6 percent, while the Sunshine Coast is expected to see an increase of 2 to 5 percent. Dr. Nicola Powell, the chief financial expert at Domain, noted that the expected development rates are fairly moderate in the majority of cities compared to previous strong upward trends. She discussed that rates are still increasing, albeit at a slower than in the previous financial. The cities of Perth and Adelaide are exceptions to this pattern, with Adelaide halted, and Perth showing no signs of slowing down.

Houses are likewise set to become more costly in the coming 12 months, with systems in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast to strike new record costs.

Regional units are slated for a general price increase of 3 to 5 percent, which "says a lot about cost in regards to buyers being steered towards more budget friendly residential or commercial property types", Powell stated.
Melbourne's home market remains an outlier, with expected moderate yearly growth of up to 2 percent for homes. This will leave the median house rate at between $1.03 million and $1.05 million, marking the slowest and most inconsistent healing in the city's history.

The 2022-2023 slump in Melbourne covered five successive quarters, with the median house cost falling 6.3 percent or $69,209. Even with the upper forecast of 2 per cent development, Melbourne home rates will only be just under midway into healing, Powell said.
Canberra home prices are also expected to stay in healing, although the forecast growth is moderate at 0 to 4 percent.

"The nation's capital has actually had a hard time to move into an established recovery and will follow a similarly sluggish trajectory," Powell stated.

With more rate rises on the horizon, the report is not encouraging news for those trying to save for a deposit.

According to Powell, the ramifications differ depending on the type of purchaser. For existing property owners, delaying a decision might lead to increased equity as costs are projected to climb. In contrast, novice purchasers may require to set aside more funds. Meanwhile, Australia's housing market is still struggling due to cost and payment capability issues, worsened by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and high interest rates.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the official money rate at a decade-high of 4.35 percent given that late in 2015.

The lack of brand-new real estate supply will continue to be the primary motorist of home rates in the short term, the Domain report said. For years, housing supply has been constrained by shortage of land, weak building approvals and high building expenses.

A silver lining for prospective property buyers is that the approaching phase 3 tax decreases will put more cash in individuals's pockets, consequently increasing their capability to get loans and eventually, their buying power across the country.

According to Powell, the housing market in Australia may receive an extra increase, although this might be reversed by a decline in the acquiring power of customers, as the expense of living boosts at a much faster rate than wages. Powell cautioned that if wage development stays stagnant, it will result in a continued struggle for affordability and a subsequent decrease in demand.

Throughout rural and suburbs of Australia, the worth of homes and apartment or condos is expected to increase at a stable speed over the coming year, with the forecast differing from one state to another.

"At the same time, a growing population propped up by strong migration continues to be the wind in the sail of residential or commercial property price growth," Powell said.

The existing overhaul of the migration system might cause a drop in need for local realty, with the introduction of a new stream of skilled visas to get rid of the reward for migrants to reside in a local area for two to three years on entering the country.
This will suggest that "an even higher percentage of migrants will flock to cities looking for better job potential customers, hence moistening need in the regional sectors", Powell said.

Nevertheless local locations near to metropolitan areas would remain appealing areas for those who have been priced out of the city and would continue to see an influx of need, she included.