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Monday, 20 October 2025

Housing values approach $12 trillion

Cotality Chart Pack

Cotality released its latest Chart Pack, showing dwelling values rising 2.2 per cent over the September 2025 quarter, taking the estimated value of the dwelling stock to $11.8 trillion.

Stock levels generally pick up at this time of year, but remain very tight overall...


Source: Cotality

Rents were re-acclerating, for a third month on the bounce...


...while mortgage lending standards remain prudent, with high DTI and high LTI lending ratios running at around record lows. 


Source: Cotality

Despite this, the regulator has noted that lending standards could be tightened if investor and/or interest-only lending takes off.

You can check out the full Chart Pack here

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