Property Expert: Why Australian House Prices Are Falling Faster Than Expected

2026-07-08

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Tim Lawless is Australia's most closely watched property data analyst — and right now, the market is moving faster than anyone predicted. As head of research at Cotality (formerly CoreLogic), Lawless sits at the centre of every major shift in Australian housing. In this conversation, he and Mark Bouris go deep on what the federal budget has done to investor confidence, why the numbers are deteriorating faster than the data can capture, and what the property market realistically looks like from here. L...

Tim Lawless is Australia's most closely watched property data analyst — and right now, the market is moving faster than anyone predicted.

As head of research at Cotality (formerly CoreLogic), Lawless sits at the centre of every major shift in Australian housing. In this conversation, he and Mark Bouris go deep on what the federal budget has done to investor confidence, why the numbers are deteriorating faster than the data can capture, and what the property market realistically looks like from here. Lawless also walks through the economics of holding an investment property in 2026, city by city, with unusual candour about where the opportunities may eventually re-emerge.

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