Sydney Property Market Insights

Well, hasn’t the past few months been an interesting time for the property market?   If you’re like me you’ve been busy reckoning how the budget changes and our property economics might unfold over the next few years.   Will they help younger Aussies into home ownership sooner? Make it easier ...

The NSW Government will build up to 8,500 homes on old port land at Glebe Island and White Bay, wrapped around a new metro station that opens in 2032. It is the biggest change to hit the Balmain peninsula since the shipyards closed. Heritage houses on the peninsula are set ...

The Sydenham to Bankstown Metro opens in the second half of 2026, cutting travel times from Marrickville, Dulwich Hill and Hurlstone Park into the city by up to twenty minutes and triggering major rezoning around all three stations. Houses on protected heritage streets near but outside the upzoned footprint are ...

The Federal Budget has delivered the most significant change to Australian property tax in a generation. The political message is to cool investor demand for established homes and push capital toward new housing supply but the implications for investors and owner-occupiers aren’t as straightforward. Negative gearing. Investors will no longer ...

This week I’m stepping beyond media headlines and sharing my personal experience with Sydney’s property market across various budgets and buyer types, with an educated guess on where we’re heading for the next few months. Our upsizer buyers $1.5m-$6m are seeking more bang for buck and are becoming less compromising ...

  Market mood March delivered a perfect storm of unsettling headlines — fuel and commodity price spikes, shortages, and interest rate speculation, all converging with a May Federal budget that has property squarely in its sights. Unlike previous episodes of market anxiety, this one is lingering — though not affecting ...

Every first home buyer in Sydney knows the scheme expanded last October. What almost none of them know is how to access and use it effectively — and why going in without a buyers agent means competing blind against people who have.

Registered architect Nikki Quitner reveals the biggest mistakes Sydney renovators make — and how proper planning can save you thousands in cost blowouts and delays.

Victoria Barracks in Paddington is being sold. Here’s why a blanket R3/R4 rezoning is unlikely, what that means for yield, who will object, and how surrounding property values may be affected.

A practical guide to what to consider when buying an apartment in Sydney—location, transport, school catchments, zoning risk, and how to properly assess strata before exchange.