Theguardian iconTheguardianSep 9, 2026 ~1 min source read

Why the horror warnings about Australia’s ‘collapsing’ housing market are absurd – and very much in bad faith | Greg Jericho

That's because in the June quarter the total value of Australian housing was $12.18tn.

Why the horror warnings about Australia’s ‘collapsing’ housing market are absurd – and very much in bad faith | Greg Jericho

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That's because in the June quarter the total value of Australian housing was $12.18tn.

In the June quarter the total value of Australia's housing fell $34bn.

Here's the kicker: that is $948bn more than it was a year ago.

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That's because in the June quarter the total value of Australian housing was $12.18tn. In the June quarter the total value of Australia's housing fell $34bn. Here's the kicker: that is $948bn more than it was a year ago.

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In the June quarter the total value of Australia's housing fell $34bn. Here's the kicker: that is $948bn more than it was a year ago.

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