Why regional property still stacks up for investors in 2026
Regional Australia continues to offer some of the strongest combinations of affordability, rental yields and long-term growth prospects but investors need to choose locations with real economic depth.
Ballarat (pictured) is among the potential regional property hotspots for 2026. (Image source: Paul Harding/Shutterstock.com)
While housing affordability remains a major issue in Australia, the reality is that very few people actually want property prices to fall.
That’s because real estate is the cornerstone of the wealth of most Australians, and you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who would be happy for the value of their asset to decrease.
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that Australia has the second highest wealth levels
in the world and much of that…
