Australia’s real estate report covering the latest house price updates and emerging property trends. John McGrath shares his insights on what’s next for Australian homeowners and investors, and what suburbs to watch.
What you will find in The McGrath Report 2025:
- Four key property market trends
- Analysis of the residential property market in Sydney and surrounds, Melbourne and surrounds, Brisbane and surrounds and Tasmania.
- John McGrath’s property hotspots in the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Tasmania market.
Download your copy of The McGrath Report 2025 now to find out.
The Calm Home: Serene, Smart & Safe
In a divided and difficult world, homeowners increasingly want to turn their dwelling into a sanctuary. They are doing this by seeking out calming colours and interior design solutions, celebrating garden spaces and using natural and recycled building materials.
Here we interview with Adam Haddow, Director of SJB architecture and design studio, who said home design is increasingly trying to meet the health and wellbeing needs of our minds and bodies.
Allure of the Coastal Azure
Australians are continuing to flock to the coast, leading to dwelling capital growth which is outperforming the national market. However, there’s a wide price gap between city and regional coastal markets.
Sydney has taken the 2024 international crown for having the world’s most desirable waterside real estate, beating other iconic markets such as Miami, Lake Como, the Bahamas and Barbados.
To help us unpack this trend we talked to McGrath Central Coast Group Principal, Mat Steinwede, who has first hand experience in what buyers want now.
Our Changing Cities: Housing Redefined
The increasing need for families to live together, and support each other, is changing the nation’s real estate market, including through the construction of additional secondary dwellings.
Multi-generational household formation is also being driven by the ‘sandwich generation’ welcoming the care of older relatives into their family home. With an aging population, these types of living arrangements are likely to intensify in the coming years.
Our cities are also moving up in the world, with middle ring suburbs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to soon contain higher apartment skyscrapers than those currently found in inner ring suburbs.
Here we take a deeper look to find out more on our changing city landscape.
Baby Boomers Making Their Move
Australian Baby Boomers hold half of Australia’s private wealth, much of which is comprised of real estate, and any property decisions they make will have flow-on impacts across the nation’s real estate market
Recent changes to generate additional dwelling supply, which is suitable for downsizing Baby Boomers, has the potential to provide benefits to landowners, developers, regional towns, detached house buyers and the downsizers themselves.
Here we examine the traditional housing journey and what impact this will have across the Eastern States of Australia.
Previous McGrath reports
McGrath Report 2023
McGrath Report 2022
McGrath Report 2024