Property Market stories
More than 10% of properties in parts of the South Coast and Wales could face higher flood risk by 2030, the analysis found.
Lenders backed 72% of North West deals in Brickflow's Q3 report, as stronger house prices and a shift towards leisure, healthcare and multi-let lifted activity.
Proposed £90,000 and £110,000 income limits would leave more than 13% of Mojo Mortgages' first-time buyer applicants ineligible, it said.
Office demand across Asia Pacific is still set to grow 13% by 2030, as CBRE says AI will reshape rather than erase workplace needs.
Homebuyers can now check for slope risk earlier, as a new service turns satellite ground-movement data into property reports for $345.
Retail landlords face more frequent renewals as almost half of new Australian retail leases now run for under three years.
Spring auction activity eased as Australia's combined-capitals clearance rate slid to 43.6%, the weakest weekly result since late June.
Weaker sales elsewhere helped first-home buyers lift their share of New Zealand property purchases to a record 29.5% in the third quarter.
Clearance rates improved from last week, but fewer than half of homes sold as auction activity across the capitals stayed well below year-ago levels.
Almost half of apartments were resold at a loss as weaker market conditions pushed New Zealand's loss-making property sales to their highest since 2012.
The national housing market is still slipping, but most South Island centres are now edging ahead while the North Island weakens.
Melbourne's stronger results helped lift the combined capitals' preliminary auction clearance rate to 51.5%, despite volumes staying well below year-ago levels.
Average retail lease lengths in Australia have fallen to 34.4 months, leaving landlords facing earlier renewals and less certain income streams.
A widening AUD $2 million-plus gap to houses is pushing Kensington buyers towards completed three-bedroom apartments closer to Sydney's CBD.
Sydney overtook Melbourne to become the biggest auction market last week, as the combined capital clearance rate climbed to 47.6%.
Higher Auckland land costs are pushing warehouse operators to boost pallet capacity inside existing buildings, with some projects adding about 5,000 positions.
Mortgage repayments are about AUD $600 a month higher for average borrowers after the Reserve Bank lifted rates to 4.85%.
A likely rate hike has added pressure to buyers as the combined capitals preliminary auction clearance rate slumped to 47.2% last week.
Victoria's new reserve price disclosure rules coincided with a sharp drop in Melbourne auctions, even as preliminary clearance rates improved last week.
Higher borrowing costs and weak confidence have left Australia's spring housing market sluggish, with sales down 20.9% and selling times stretching to 41 days.