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Aus Investment Properties Quarterly Report – July 2025

Australian Turn-Key Investment Property Building Costs Per Square Metre. Overview: As of July 2025, the national average build cost across all turnkey investment property types has continued to rise, reflecting ongoing supply chain pressures, increased labour costs, and strong investor demand. This report breaks down the average build price per square metre for key investment property types across Australia, compared with March 2025 data.

Vacancy Rates Are Rising: What It Means for Property Investors in Australia

A shift in the rental market could mean opportunity — are you ready to take advantage of it? Australia’s rental market has taken a noticeable turn, with the national vacancy rate rising to 1.3% in April 2025, up from 1.1% in March and April last year. While this may raise eyebrows among landlords, the vacancy rates across Australia are still at a relatively all-time low.

Could Rate Cuts Spark a Surge in Property Prices?

With interest rate cuts on the horizon and major markets poised for recovery, savvy investors should prepare for the next wave of opportunity in the Australian property market. As financial markets anticipate up to four interest rate cuts in 2025, including a possible 50-basis-point drop at the Reserve Bank of Australia’s May meeting, property investors across the country are asking: how will this affect house prices — and where should I invest next?

Australian Property Investment & Mortgage Glossary

Navigating the world of property investment, lending, and finance in Australia can feel overwhelming, especially with all the industry jargon, acronyms, and technical terms thrown around by brokers, developers, and lenders. At Aus Investment Properties, we believe in empowering investors with clarity, not confusion.

March 2025 Market Update: What Property Investors Need to Know

The Australian property market remains a dynamic and evolving space, offering savvy investors plenty of room to manoeuvre—especially those seeking cash positive investment properties, co-living investment properties, or venturing into SMSF property investment. SQM Research’s March 2025 report has just dropped, and it offers valuable insights into current trends and future signals.

Aus Investment Properties Quarterly Report (March 2025)

Welcome to the March 2025 edition of the Aus Investment Properties Quarterly Report. This quarterly analysis continues our mission of delivering valuable insights into the costs associated with turn-key investment properties across Australia. In this edition, we focus on construction costs per square metre for various property types, and how they have evolved in the past 12 months.

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SQM Research is an investment research house that specialises in providing accurate research and data to financial institutions, investment professionals and investors.

Aus investment Properties has partnered with SQM Research to provide data across our site to assist investors in making an informed decision.

Capital Growth 12 months, measures the increase in a property’s value over the previous 12 months, indicating how much the investment has appreciated in that timeframe.

Capital Growth 10-year annualised, reflects the average annual increase in a property’s value over the last decade, smoothing out short-term fluctuations to show long-term appreciation trends.

Vacancy Rate, indicates the percentage of properties that are currently unoccupied in that postcode, It’s a key indicator for investors to assess the rental demand.

SMSF Property Investing, when investing inside your SMSF there are some restrictions on how you can purchase investment properties. We use the following information to help navigate the SMSF investment property options.

SMSF Single Contract

This property is a single-contract property suitable for an SMSF.