HIA New Home Sales Report Statement

Following the release of the HIA New Home Sales Report today, the following statements can be attributed to Oliver Hume Property Group Chief Economist, Matt Bell.

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Stronger national land sales markets in the second half of 2025 as reported by Oliver Hume is flowing into new home sales.

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Data released today by the Housing Industry Association for the month of January shows that national new home sales jumped by nearly 20%, getting the quarterly result back to level after a somewhat slower November and December.

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This is encouraging news for those concerned with the impact of the changing outlook for interest rates. November and December seem to have borne the brunt of the change in expectations from rate cuts to rate hikes, but the recovery in January points to this being temporary.

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It’s clear that fundamental drivers like population growth, tight rental markets, strong levels of first home buyer incentives and an improving established market are driving increased activity.

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As noted by the HIA, the strong monthly numbers were driven by broad-based rises, with the recently weaker markets of NSW and Victoria supporting growth nationally. Victoria saw the strongest rise in the nation, with a 33.2% increase to move from one of the lowest months of activity in the past three years in November, to the highest.

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ENDS

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Mitchy Koper

Oliver Hume

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or

Ben Ready

RGC Media & Mktng

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0415 743 838

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