Brisbane’s property market finished 2025 with strong momentum despite national headlines suggesting cooling conditions. In this December 2025 Brisbane property market update, Melinda Jennison from Streamline Property Buyers breaks down the latest dwelling values, house and unit price growth, rental market conditions, supply shortages, investor activity, and what it all means heading into 2026.
We explore why Brisbane continues to outperform Sydney and Melbourne, how low listing volumes are driving competition, which price segments are leading growth, and why units are outperforming houses on yields. You’ll also get insights into vacancy rates, rental growth, suburb-level performance, and the key risks buyers and investors should watch in 2026, including interest rates, affordability, and confidence. Whether you’re buying, investing, or simply tracking the Brisbane property market, this update will help you understand where the market stands and where it may be heading next.
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0:00: The data’s in for 2026, and how’s Brisbane performed?
0:03: Brisbane has continued to be one of the top performing markets across all capital cities throughout Australia, and in today’s episode, we’re going to unpack all of the data as well as what we’ve been seeing on the ground.
0:15: Hi everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Brisbane Property podcast with Scott and Melinda Jennison.
0:20: And it’s market update time for December of 2025.
0:25: That’s right.
0:25: Although it is already 2026, we have got all of the data to go back through for the 2025 year from January through to December.
0:35: And of course we’re going to reflect on the most recent update, what actually settled throughout December.
0:41: Remember, any data that we are talking about today is going to relate to transactions that were likely entered into in November.
0:48: Or earlier, because the data represents settled sales, of course.
0:52: So what’s happening in December is more of a reflection of the market activity that was occurring throughout November, or perhaps earlier for any of those settled sales that had longer contract periods.
1:03: Because for those that are not familiar, especially in other states around Australia, a typical contract period here in Brisbane is 30 days, and that is a surprise to many of our buyers that we represent, that may come.
1:15: From interstate, especially New South Wales and Victoria, where typically that contract period is longer.
1:20: So please keep that in mind as we run through the market update for December 2025.
1:25: And we’ll get into some numbers as we normally do, but obviously we saw at the back end of 2025, Brisbane definitely finished sending a clear message.
1:34: So momentum was there.
1:35: I, I think we saw the market really, really strong, and a lot of people wanting to get in the market.
1:40: And obviously, as we will get into shortly.
1:43: The numbers reflect exactly what Brisbane was doing and had that strength in the market as well.
1:48: Yeah, of course, and Brisbane, at the end of 2025, remained one of the top capital city markets in terms of value changes.
1:56: So we’re going to run through dwelling values, but of course, we do like to break that down into houses and units in this podcast, so that people can get a better understanding about the segments of the market, because, of course, Brisbane’s not a single property market.
2:08: We have a housing market.
2:09: Market, and we also have a unit market, but in addition to that, we have local markets spread throughout Greater Brisbane that are all doing slightly different things.
2:16: So, we’re also going to break down those market segments to give our listeners an understanding of what’s happening.
2:21: And I will say that if you are a regular listener to this podcast, or if you watch on YouTube, please subscribe and like this content.
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2:37: So, exciting year ahead, and obviously, let’s jump into some data from last year, as I mentioned earlier on, November, sorry, December data, and, and, and obviously, different segments of the market, and I can just, can I just touch on that now, is, we, what we did see earlier on in 2025, was that lower section of the market really accelerating and, and doing, basically performing very, very well.
3:00: And, and towards the.
3:01: Back end of it, we actually saw all segments sort of tighten up a little bit as well.
3:05: Yeah, that gap closed, and, and what we mean by that is, the more affordable segments of the market, the lowest 25% of property values, actually were accelerating at a much faster rate than the middle and the top segments of the market earlier in the year.
3:18: But towards the end of November, and, and confirmed again at the end of December, we saw that middle segment and that top segment of the market re-accelerate.
3:27: So the The gap has widened.
3:28: That said, the affordable end of the market has still outperformed when we’re looking at quarterly growth figures compared to all other segments of the market, and we’re going to unpack that shortly, when we talk about dwelling values in our run today.
3:41: If, if we just jump back and touch on, I know we talk about different capitals and different markets throughout Australia as well.
3:48: Now we do talk about Brisbane, and over the past month, Brisbane dwelling values rose 1.6%. Three monthly result of 5.6 and a 12 month change of 14.5.
3:59: Compare, compare that probably, if you like to call it the, the other big two, from Sydney and Melbourne.
4:04: Yeah, so, Sydney in the same time period over December actually recorded negative growth of-0.1% monthly change, and Melbourne also posted the same 0.1% change.
4:16: So it really does highlight the, the difference in local conditions between different markets around Australia, and definitely, you know, there’s a, Affordability constraints in Sydney, let’s not doubt that.
4:28: But also, supply remains structurally tight here in Brisbane compared to the likes of Sydney and Melbourne, when we look at the, the number of listings that are available, the total listings, very different between capital city markets, and I think that anyone that is considering investing in property needs to consider some of these fundamentals before they’re making those investment decisions as well.
4:50: And there was no surprise, as we touched on the, the different sectors.
4:53: Of the market, different sectors of the market, I should say that lower section actually still is very, very strong.
4:58: Obviously affordability and those constraints throughout, and it’s nationwide, I think, really, but definitely in Brisbane that that bottom affordability section is still probably the very, the strong part.
5:08: Absolutely.
5:09: Now on the ground throughout December we saw a couple of weeks of really strong buyer activity.
5:15: It did taper down as we moved into Christmas.
5:18: Now remember the results of Market activity throughout December itself really will reflect in January data.
5:25: And so the data that we’re going to run through today is a result of activity in November or earlier, but we did see strong market activity for, from buyers, all the way through to the time period where people started to focus on Christmas.
5:37: And already we are recording in January, we’ve seen buyers get back into the market, probably faster, on average, than some of the previous years that we’ve certainly been operating as buyers’ agents.
5:47: So we January will start strong.
5:49: Before we jump in, and I do want to jump back to those segments of the market quickly and, and run some numbers on them, but, as you just mentioned then, Linda, what we’re also seeing, and, and so our listeners know, we’ve come back to work, obviously early in January.
6:00: Typically, what we have seen, and I, I’ve talked about this previously on the podcast, is every, agents tend to slow down a little bit over school holidays.
6:09: So we’re seeing that regularly in school holidays, things slow down a bit.
6:12: What I’ve noticed probably this year.
6:14: Is that we were still very, very busy up towards Christmas.
6:18: We had that Christmas, New Year little break, but the first week back in January, I’ve noticed, which is probably a little bit unusual, a lot of agents are listing properties straight away.
6:27: So we’re seeing a lot of agents back to work.
6:30: We’ve been on the phone this week, and talking to a lot of agents, and they’re all answering the calls.
6:35: Ran into a, a, a local agent yesterday out when we were out walking, late afternoon, and it’s interesting talking to them saying, That things are starting to they they’re bored, they’ve had their holiday, they’re ready to get moving again, so hearing that from sales agents, that’s a very positive thing for buyers to understand that, Agents have got properties, they’re listing properties, some are already back, they’re listing them online, they’re taking phone calls, and others are ready to come back and because they’ve got a lot of properties to list.
7:00: So that’s the encouraging thing.
7:01: And let’s hope that reflects in new listings, data that comes out at the end of January, because when we look at the, the new listings from the last couple of months throughout 2025, they were down year on year, and we were already in such a tight supply market, so it’s no wonder that prices kept escalating, because for every new listing, Providing it was a quality property without impacts.
7:24: There was such high competition, and of course, when there’s more than one buyer transacting or looking to transact on any one property, it creates competition, and competition creates that fear of missing out, and that’s what actually accelerates prices, because some buyers are willing to pay more just to get into the market.
7:40: So, we do expect to see more listings come through, throughout the rest of January, and we’re hopeful that that will reflect in the data, and that will Also provide more options for those buyers that are actively looking in the market.
7:54: Can we just jump onto those segments of the market very quickly?
7:56: Actually, can we talk about that when we get to dwelling values?
8:00: Jump into the dwellings.
8:02: I want to be able to talk about the best of the best report that totality have put out.
8:09: I think it provides a helpful snapshot of where suburb level performance has been the strongest across Greater Brisbane over the last 12 months.
8:17: Now, this report, was recently Published, and it showed that the highest 12-month value changes in house values were led by Brisbane City as a suburb, up 25%, followed by Sandford Village.
8:30: Now, Sandford provides acreage-type properties, more of a country lifestyle location, up 22.8%. Then Chermside and McGregor, 22.1% up in Chermside, and 20.7% in McGregor.
8:46: Looking at units, the highest growth was Was recorded in Hillcrest, up 30.5%, followed by Goodna, up 29.9%, then Caboolture, up 25.2%, and Newmarket, up 21.6%. Now, I do want to say, it really is important to treat any suburb top rankings like this as indicative, not as definitive.
9:11: And what I mean by that is that suburb level figures are based on median values, and median results, and They can move around a lot depending on the different mix of properties that have sold, or, in fact, that have rented over a specific period of time.
9:25: So, for example, if there’s been more renovated homes, or smaller, older homes that have sold or rented in a particular location, that’s gonna pull down that median value over a period.
9:36: Whereas if there’s been more expensive properties, it’s going to shift that median upwards.
9:40: So, it’s so important that listeners recognize that when sales volumes are low, and even when the rental market It is tight.
9:47: A small handful of transactions can really shift a market, and that can reflect in suburb level data, like what we’ve just talked about.
9:53: So, it’s great to reflect on data and, and see what the data says, but really, when you understand what makes up that data, what’s actually transacted to contribute to that median value shift, that’s what matters more, and that comes down to local knowledge and really understanding the nuances of what’s actually selling, because that makes the biggest difference.
10:14: What about then rental side of it?
10:15: So, If you look at, so you’ve talked about then on the, the best of the best, obviously then rental growth, so the highest 12-month change then, when you come from houses and units.
10:24: So, it is interesting, because when a lot of investors are looking to buy into a market, they’re wanting to understand how much income that asset’s going to generate, and, and a lot of the time they’ll base that off the point of purchase.
10:35: Whereas there’s a lot of locations where rental income price grows much faster than other locations.
10:42: And this report has provided a great example of that.
10:45: So, in the last 12 months, rental prices have increased the most in McKenzie.
10:51: They were up 12.9% over the year for houses, followed by Barden, where rents were up 11.8%, and then Upper Mount Gravatt, up 11.6%. Now, for units, rents increased the most in Slacks Creek, up 13.4%, followed by Underwood, up 13.3%, and then Strathpine up.
11:14: 12.5%. So, the same nuances must apply to this suburb level information in relation to rental price growth.
11:22: You cannot assume that’s indicative that these locations have outperformed growth.
11:28: It is the median value, and it is dependent on what’s rented in that 12 month period as well.
11:32: It, it is interesting when you look at some of the places, and, and obviously knowing Brisbane very, very well, you’ve got quite a variety there.
11:39: Yeah, that’s right.
11:40: When you start to spread out, you know, if you go from Brisbane City to Sandford Valley.
11:43: , you’re talking 25, 30 kms.
11:46: That’s away from the city, so you do spread out a little bit there, even when you look at the units, you know, from Newmarket to Caboolture or, or, or to, to Goodna and those sort of areas.
11:55: It’s quite a spread in distance when we’re looking at, at those sort of locations as well.
12:00: Yeah.
12:00: And I do want to say before we get into the December data that, Totality recently released.
12:06: A pain and gain report as well.
12:08: This report basically shows how many people actually made money when they subsequently sold a property that they’d purchased, and how many people lost money.
12:16: Now, this report records settled sales up to September 2025, and for those that sold in Brisbane, 99.7% of house resales were profit-making.
12:29: And the median hold period was 8.7 years.
12:33: For units, 99.9% of resales were profit-making, and the median hold period was actually 8 years.
12:42: Now, that report confirmed that Brisbane was the most profitable market of all greater capital cities and regions across the quarter.
12:52: And the highest median gain was $444,000 across all houses and units.
12:58: So kudos to Brisbane.
13:00: It’s really done very well for those that exited the market, and it’s locked in some strong gains for those people.
13:07: Long-term ownership as well.
13:09: Correct.
13:09: It’s interesting that apart from the numbers, and I, I somehow I’m questioning the 99.9%. Whether it’s not 100, but when you look at that, you’ve got 8 years and 8.7 years.
13:19: So we’re not talking short short-term gains.
13:21: OK, we’re talking long-term investment and people as, I mean the numbers say it all, you know, you hold something for 8 to 8 to 8 to 9 years, you’re looking at 99.9% or 99.7%. It’s pretty, it’s pretty comfortable to know that you’re in a good position and a good strong market as well.
13:37: I think that’s a great point to raise.
13:38: A lot of people think.
13:40: About what they want to make in property in the next 6 months or 12 months.
13:43: I know we recently were talking to a prospect, and, and they said, Well, can you guarantee me 15% growth in the next 12 months?
13:51: No, we don’t make guarantees, because we don’t control those things that influence the market.
13:57: And there’s a lot of noise, I guess, in month to month headlines, and I know we do report on monthly changes here on the Brisbane Property Podcast.
14:04: But we always reference the fundamentals that contribute to long-term performance, and long-term ownership in Brisbane has overwhelmingly delivered positive outcomes.
14:16: For those that are looking for short-term results, that is speculation, that’s not investing, and I think there’s a big difference between those two factors.
14:25: It’s obviously exciting to be back into the market again in 2026.
14:29: Hearing all this information from 2025 and, and, and just knowing and and just so our listeners do know, You know, now we’re back on, we’re back on deck everywhere here and we our team’s back, hearing from agents what’s coming, understanding what the market’s doing, it’s, it’s an exciting time.
14:44: And also another thing which I’ll touch on probably a little bit later as well, but I, I can mention it now for the, for Brisbane for the Olympic Games, they’ve they’ve appointed architects for designing of the Brisbane stadium, so that if you can Google that if you like, have a look online, see what that looks, looks very impressive up there at Victoria Park where they’re, They’ve got all the designs starting to happen now and I think construction is due to start this year on Brisbane Stadium as well, so exciting times for Brisbane.
15:11: Let’s get into some dwelling values.
15:14: Sure, median dwelling values, and this is any new listeners, dwellings all over Greater Brisbane that we talk about here.
15:21: We finished December.
15:22: At a median price of $1,036,323 after a 1.6% rise for the month.
15:30: And just for perspective, the quarterly growth rate for all dwellings in Brisbane was 5.6%, and annually Brisbane increased 14.5%. So, Nationally, if we look at the overall national return, Brisbane absolutely outperformed, because the national average monthly was 0.7% growth.
15:52: Brisbane achieved 1.6%. The quarterly growth on a national level was 2.9%. Brisbane achieved 5.6%, and annually, the national average was 8.6%, whereas Brisbane achieved 14.5%. So you can really see through these numbers.
16:09: Just how much Brisbane has outperformed compared to not only other capital city markets, but many other regional markets as well.
16:17: And just noting the totality also, Brisbane also showed Brisbane at a peak of up 86.7% over the past five years.
16:26: Yeah, so it’s extraordinary medium-term results that Brisbane’s had.
16:30: It’s, it’s certainly had a strong run, but, you know, that continues to shape affordability and buyer expectations as well.
16:36: So, it’ll be interesting to see.
16:38: You know, what unpacks throughout 2026, especially if there’s any change in interest rates.
16:43: Before we jump into the housing and the units, can I jump back to that segments of the market got me down on earlier, but I knew we’d get there.
16:50: Can you just run through a little bit of the, the segments of Mark, I know we talked about it, we said the lower sector is actually still performing, and it, it’s interesting when you look at this information on the, probably the, the top capitals that are performing very, very well, they’re all very similar, this lower sector.
17:06: Actually is outperforming slightly, but the others have all picked up a little bit.
17:10: That’s right.
17:10: So the quarterly change according to totality data in the three months to November, 6.6% in the most affordable segment of the Brisbane market was the shift in values.
17:20: 5.9% was the middle segment of the market, and 4.7% was the top 25% of property values.
17:27: So we’ve seen price acceleration across all segments of the market, and you know, we’re seeing that gap.
17:34: Between the most affordable end and the top end, close a lot compared to what these results were showing only 2 or 3 months ago.
17:42: So that is reassuring for buyers that are getting into any segment of the Brisbane market.
17:48: I will say also, dwelling values, it combines houses and units, and we’ve spoken many times in our monthly updates when we were reporting on the data that the unit market has been outperforming the house market.
18:00: And, and let’s dive into those two.
18:02: Different segments, because when we jump, or when we group them all together as dwellings, can sometimes be a little bit misleading, because we’re not sure whether we’re talking about houses or units, and they’re two very different markets in Brisbane at the moment.
18:15: It also gives buyers a little bit of an indication then, when they’re talking budgets for what they want to buy.
18:20: So when we’re breaking it down now, I mean, to give you an idea, if we jump into the housing values, so houses remain very strong, and obviously buyer competition in Brisbane.
18:29: So in December, the median House value rose to $1,131,329.
18:36: That’s a monthly growth of 1.5%, quarterly growth of 5.4%, and annual growth of 14%.
18:43: That’s pretty strong growth when you consider it, and the house market has been catching the unit market in terms of the quarterly growth rate, although it’s not yet there.
18:53: Earlier in 2025, we saw the unit market clearly outperforming, and the house market had stagnated.
18:58: To some extent, and it wasn’t growing at the same pace as the unit market.
19:03: So, we’re now seeing all sectors actually start to fire once again.
19:07: And I think that month to month, when we look at the data at the end of November compared to December, the rate of acceleration in house price growth has eased slightly.
19:16: In November, we had monthly growth of 1.8%, and in December, that reduced slightly to 1.5% for houses in Brisbane.
19:24: So it will be interesting to see what the January.
19:26: Results show, because that’ll be reflective of market activity throughout December.
19:30: Don’t forget school holidays.
19:31: I’ll keep coming back to that.
19:33: So don’t forget what, what we saw in November compared to December.
19:36: We did go into school holiday period, Christmas, now January going to be affected by early January, New Year.
19:43: February will be an interesting one to see when that comes around.
19:46: But let’s not wish the the year away too fast.
19:49: but yeah, interesting that, you know, when you look at November, as you said, 1.8% compared To December of 1.5%, taking into account those school holidays as well.
20:00: In terms of Brisbane’s performance compared to other capital city markets, Brisbane rose 14%.
20:07: Now Sydney over the same period for the house market growth was 6.9%, Melbourne 5.8%. So in terms of East Coast capital cities, Brisbane was an outperformer, but clearly this year Darwin, well ahead of other capitals at 19.9%, and Perth.
20:23: At 15.7%, so really strong growth in those two markets alongside Brisbane.
20:28: So unit values, let’s jump over to units as not a surprise, but again, as we’ve talked about it for so long now that this market has outperformed the housing market.
20:37: It’s a little bit tighter than what it was previously, but what we’ve seen in December is the median unit value rise increased to $807,161.
20:49: That’s a rise of 1.8%. For the month, and 16.9 over a year.
20:55: So definitely, when we’re looking at the unit versus the house market, the unit market has outperformed.
21:01: Yet again, house market rising 14% here in Brisbane, unit market rising 16.9% over that 12 month period.
21:09: Now, Darwin edged only slightly ahead of Brisbane in unit market performance over the last 12 months, at 17% growth.
21:17: So Brisbane in very close second place in terms Of unit market performance.
21:21: But, you know, it is surprising, because the headline data and the national data consistently reports that the, the house market has been outperforming the unit market.
21:31: But that is not the case here in Brisbane, and that has not been the case for the last 2 to 2.5 years, as we’ve reported on this podcast.
21:38: But time will tell how much more legs, or, or how much, extra value buyers see in the unit market.
21:45: Remembering that still, to buy By under $1 million which is where those first home buyer incentives are, are kicking in.
21:52: And also for many investors that don’t have budgets above $1 million to, to be able to afford a house in a quality location, they are looking at compromising on product type, and looking at units and townhouses which do fall into this unit market sector.
22:06: Now, I don’t, I don’t think we, we sort of rang any bells or made any alarms there as well, but keep in mind that November, and the numbers that I actually mentioned here, November the media.
22:16: unit value was $792,000.
22:18: We’ve actually jumped over that 800 mark.
22:20: So as I mentioned earlier, in December, median unit value is now over $800,000 so 807,161 dollars.
22:29: And that is all of Greater Brisbane.
22:31: That is not just units close to the CBD.
22:33: That includes units in the Moreton Bay region, Redlands, Ipswich, and Logan.
22:38: So let’s not be mistaken about where these values have been heading and, and where they might be heading.
22:44: So the rental market, let’s let’s jump onto the rental market.
22:47: We’ve seen that again, very, very, very tight.
22:50: 1% vacancy rates for Greater Brisbane.
22:53: That’s extreme.
22:55: so tight.
22:55: Been like this for many, many months, hovering around that 1%, which, you know, is really frustrating for tenants looking to find somewhere to rent.
23:03: And we have seen rental prices start to grow slightly again for houses, the annual The rate of rental price growth was up 6.2%. That increased slightly from November, where the annual rate was at 6%.
23:18: So we’re seeing a re-acceleration in the, the rental price growth.
23:22: For units, annual rents were up 6.6% by the end of December, which is slightly down from the end of November, where the annual rate was 6.9%. So, let’s see what the quarterly trends look like in the next couple of months, because at this stage, it looks Like for houses, rents are going up, and for units, rents have stabilized, or in fact, they’re coming down a little bit, but, that trend is too early to call.
23:44: Yeah, whether it’s preferences for a house and a bit more layout, I think they’re, it’s very, very early to call, and I think that they’re both so tight.
23:53: When you’re going from 6.9 to 6.6, not a big difference.
23:56: I wouldn’t read a lot into it just yet.
23:57: Well, actually, I wouldn’t, just to correct myself, it’s not that rents are going down, they’re just slowing down in their rate of.
24:03: I do want to make sure that that information is being correctly perceived, because rents are not coming down, they’re still increasing, and in fact, rents are still increasing in the unit market at a faster rate of growth than they are in the house market.
24:16: But in the house market, they are re-accelerating.
24:19: In the unit market, they’re starting to decelerate.
24:21: So they’re starting to slow down, even though they’re growing, if that makes sense.
24:24: So, gross yields, when you combine then obviously the rental side of things, for investors’ perspective, so.
24:29: Gross yields in Greater Brisbane were reported at 3.2% for houses.
24:33: That’s down 0.1% month on month, and 4.1% for units, which is unchanged.
24:39: That’s right.
24:40: And so when, you know, we have people come to us and they’re looking for 6% plus yields, these are the, the gross yields that the median values for Brisbane.
24:48: This is what is achievable in, in certain segments of the market.
24:51: So really important for buyers to understand and be realistic about what’s achievable in Brisbane.
24:55: And given the recent price growth that has been achieved, that does impact on those yields and does compress those yields.
25:03: And obviously then the finance, well, we’re talking investors, they’re obviously doing a lot of the lifting, and obviously then in Queensland, investors comprised of 41.1% of home finance in December, up from 38.3% in November.
25:15: Yeah.
25:17: Yeah, more investors are actually getting into the market based on the number of loans that have been taken out by.
25:22: Property investors in Queensland.
25:24: So very strong investor interests throughout Queensland as a whole.
25:27: I’ll give my summary before your summary, if you like.
25:29: Look, I think we’re starting the year off very strong, as I mentioned, talking to agents, agents listing properties so early on in the year.
25:35: I think there’ll be probably more properties, hopefully.
25:38: Fingers crossed for all those buyers out there that there’s more properties come to the market.
25:41: I think there’s still a lot of pressure on there.
25:43: There’s a lot of excitement in Brisbane, and I think we’re starting the year off on a positive way.
25:47: It’ll be interesting to see when everyone’s Back at work and the market does sort of really hit the ground running.
25:52: There’ll be auctions happening, and I think there’ll be a lot of activity this year.
25:55: Oh, totally, but I’m not going to, you know, say that it’s all smoke and mirrors.
26:00: It’s really important to understand there are some headwinds, and there’s some challenges that do remain.
26:05: There’s obviously been a shift in inflation, and the expectations, therefore, around the direction of interest rate moves has become a little bit more uncertain.
26:14: , and I think earlier commentary a couple of months ago was that the next move is likely to be down.
26:20: That commentary has shifted.
26:22: Perhaps the next move is likely to be up.
26:25: That has influenced consumer confidence to some extent, because consumer sentiment did fall quite rapidly, by 9% throughout December.
26:33: So, the time to buy a dwelling index also fell.
26:36: So, there’s some early signs that consumer confidence may be waning.
26:40: Now, these are national level confidence figures.
26:43: It does Necessarily imply that that’s going to be the case across all markets, but, you know, it’s something to be aware of.
26:49: Let’s not also forget that affordability challenges are real.
26:52: They do exist for many buyers.
26:54: Mortgage serviceability constraints are also real for many buyers, and they will continue to cap some buyer activity.
27:00: But of course, there’s others in the market that really are not limited or less impacted by these affordability constraints, and, you know, they’re definitely still very active throughout many pockets of Bris.
27:12: And as we’re seeing and experiencing by being out and about on the ground.
27:15: Perfect.
27:16: Market update.
27:17: Look, if you’re out there and you’re, you’re thinking about property, feel free to reach out to the team at Streamlined Property Buyers, here to help, here to talk.
27:23: We’re more than happy to answer any questions and chat to people as well about property here in beautiful sunny Brisbane as well.
27:29: So, I didn’t do a weather update, but I’ll do that next time.
27:32: Look, as usual, I’ll let Melinda wrap things up.
27:34: It’s been great talking and giving you an update on what’s happening in the Brisbane market.
27:38: From myself, take care, and, We’ll talk next time.
27:41: Thanks very much.
27:42: Bye for now.
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28:01: Hopefully some of the information that we’ve shared will be helpful.
28:05: We look forward to speaking with you again in a couple of weeks’ time.
28:08: Until then, bye for now.