QMI: March 2026

Welcome to the Oliver Hume’s Quarterly Market Insight (QMI) Report, March 2026. QMI is our flagship report on the forces shaping Australia’s residential land and property markets.

This edition features an in-depth analysis from MattBell on what three RBA rate hikes, a Federal Budget, and global uncertainty actually mean for the year ahead.

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This edition also includes a guest article from Liam Golding, Chief Executive of UDIA South Australia, exploring why Adelaide's long-held "City of Churches" reputation no longer tells the full story, and why the national property industry is paying closer attention than it has in over a decade.

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This edition features:

• Matthew Bell on what the rate environment actually means for land markets in 2026
• Adam Duster on why the Federal Budget drew a hard line between new builds and established homes, and what that means for investors
• Liam Golding, Chief Executive of UDIA SA, on why Adelaide is commanding national attention in a way it hasn't for a decade
• Bill Lamb on the quiet move Melbourne's builders are making in the growth corridors
• Katrina Steel on the next generation of home ownership

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With additional contributions from Mitchy Koper, Arash Manafi, Carmen Prosenik & Brennan McNeill

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