Two-speed property market widens as mid-sized capitals surge ahead
New data shows a widening gap between Australia’s strongest performing capital city markets and the softer conditions persisting in Sydney and Melbourne, reinforcing the existence of a clear two-speed housing market.
House prices in the Harbour City are set to grow at 5.8 per cent and units by 5.3 cent this year, with Western Sydney (pictured) behind much of the gains. (Image source: Elias Bitar/Shutterstock.com)
A huge gulf has opened up between the property markets of Sydney and Melbourne and the three mid-sized capitals.
Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide have firmly moved back into unabashed boom territory while Sydney and Melbourne
are barely in growth territory.It re-establishes a capital growth hierarchy that has been entrenched for the past few years but which had in the latter months of 2025 showed signs of unwinding.
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