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Regional South Australia delivers nation-leading capital growth

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Murray Bridge leads a statewide surge in house prices, driven by affordability and lifestyle appeal.

If you’re a property investor and you haven’t given any consideration to the possibilities of regional South Australia, then you haven’t been paying attention. And you’ve been missing out on nation-leading capital growth.

Regional South Australia keeps on out-performing on price growth, whether you look at the past five years or the past 12 months.

The research shows that the No.1 town or city in Australia for price growth in the past five years is Murray Bridge in Regional South Australia.

Murray Bridge has a strong economy, is affordable and has a lifestyle that many are seeking.

Other South Australian regional centres are ranked high on the list of best capital growth since Covid – including Mount Gambier, Port Lincoln, Victor Harbor, Port Pirie and Port Augusta.

This part of Australia is still performing. The latest PropTrack Home Price Index finds that Regional South Australia recorded the strongest annual house price growth of any state or territory in FY2025.

Prices in the state outside Adelaide jumped 15% in the year to June, taking the median value to $461,000 – nearly double the level five years ago, with growth of 95% since 2020.

Despite that surge, regional SA remains one of the most affordable housing markets in the country, second only to the Northern Territory.

The reality is that affordability is the No.1 factor for real estate consumers considering where to buy – and that’s why affordable regional locations have been so prominent among the leading capital growth locations in the past five years.

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Why government policies keep driving property prices higher

“New book reveals politicians’ policies inflate property values, making homes less affordable; insights for buyers from Terry Ryder.”

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“New book reveals politicians’ policies inflate property values, making homes less affordable; insights for buyers from Terry Ryder.”


Politicians often speak about housing affordability, but a new book reveals how their policies are in fact fuelling higher property values and making homes less affordable. Terry Ryder from Hotspotting joins to discuss his new book Why Property Values Rise.

We explore what politicians really want when it comes to property prices, how location myths mislead buyers, and why luxury features like pools or prestige suburbs aren’t what really drive value.

Ryder also explains how constant change shapes the housing market, what myths investors should ignore, and the key insights every buyer needs to know.


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The hidden costs driving Australia’s housing crisis

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The biggest single problem causing Australia’s housing crisis is the cost of creating new dwellings.

The cost of the standard city house-and-land package is now $950,000 and is getting scarily close to $1 million for a newly constructed house in our capital cities.

Governments of all levels and persuasions tell us constantly that they desperately want to improve housing affordability, but what few of them shout about as loudly is that about 40% of the cost of new housing is made up of government taxes, fees and charges.

It seems incongruous that when cost is the biggest factor preventing new dwellings from being built, governments, which promise they are working on solutions, are doing nothing to ease the tax burden.

Builders and developers cannot deliver their normal products because the cost of construction is prohibitively high.

Earlier this year, the Productivity Commission revealed that government interference and bureaucracy had massively reduced productivity in the building industry.

Delays double the timeline

It now takes twice as long to deliver a new home compared to the 1990s.

This alone added considerable cost to new homes to the point where it is often no longer financially viable to build.

Recent analysis by the National Australia Bank confirms this. Its quarterly Residential Property Survey found that high construction costs and delays in getting approvals are by far the biggest barriers to producing new homes across Australia.

While much of the media would have us believe that interest rates are a big barrier, that was not the case, with very few of the survey respondents nominating that or tight finance as an issue.

It doesn’t matter how many new homes the Federal Government says it will build: until the issues of bureaucratic delays, high property taxes and the overall cost of construction are dealt with, building targets will not be met and the shortage will remain.

Terry Ryder is the Founder of Hotspotting and Host of  The Property Playbook on Ticker.

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First-home buyers drive mortgage rebound

Australia’s mortgage market soars to $4.62 billion in June 2025, led by first-home buyers prioritizing debt repayment.

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Australia’s mortgage market soars to $4.62 billion in June 2025, led by first-home buyers prioritizing debt repayment.


Australia’s mortgage market is surging, with loans through the nation’s largest broker network hitting $4.62 billion in June 2025, the second-highest month on record.

First-home buyers are leading the charge, while most borrowers are choosing to pay down debt rather than ease repayments despite lower rates.

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