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Booming regional housing markets are outpacing capital cities

With capital-city home prices still near record highs and stock tight, buyers are again pushing into regional Australia, where values are rising faster than in the capitals and rents are climbing sharply too.

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Rejected at the door, told to make a new film in a week, then he wins. Nash Edgerton on the mad scramble that became “Deadline”, and how that Tropfest night changed everything.

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Regional housing markets are outpacing capital cities

Homebuyers are again pushing into regional Australia, where values are rising faster than in the capitals and rents are climbing sharply too.
18 February 2026
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The RBA Board was right to adopt a patient approach in the initial fight against inflation. But the game has now changed, and quickly, writes Luke Yeaman.

 

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Interest rates sit behind many of the big economic issues people are navigating right now, from housing and rents to savings and everyday spending.

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