Cotality

Australia's national Home Value Index fell 0.7 per cent in July, the largest monthly decline since December 2022, according to Cotality's August 2026 housing chart pack. The index covers a $12.4 trillion housing stock spread across 11.5 million dwellings.

Australia's Home Value Index fell 0.7 per cent in July, the largest monthly decline since December 2022, according to Cotality data published on 14 August. Brisbane values dropped 0.6 per cent over the month and Adelaide fell 0.2 per cent.

The weighted average final clearance rate across the combined capital cities hit 48.9 per cent for the week ending 16 August 2026, down 20.9 percentage points from 69.8 per cent recorded in the same week a year earlier.

Eleven weeks of sub-50 per cent auction clearances handed buyers the upper hand this winter. Values fell 0.7 per cent in July, and even last weekend's bounce left clearances 18 points below a year ago.

Sydney homeowners had a costly July. Cotality's national Home Value Index dropped 0.7% in July 2026, the largest single-month decline since December 2022, with Sydney leading the fall at 1.4% for the month.

Cotality's national Home Value Index fell 0.4% in June 2026, the largest single-month decline since December 2022. Combined capital-city values dropped 1.3% across the June quarter, with the worst falls concentrated in the two largest markets.

Cotality's national Home Value Index dropped 0.4% in June 2026, the largest single-month fall recorded since December 2022. Drawn from Cotality's hedonic measure of dwelling values, that figure is not a rounding error; it signals the correction has gained real momentum.

The combined capitals preliminary clearance rate rose to 54.8% on the weekend of 11 July 2026, marking the highest reading in seven weeks and the first time above 50% in three weeks , up from 49.8% the prior weekend. Cotality published the preliminary figures on Sunday 13 July 2026.