Wealth as safe as houses in Australia
Despite falling values over the past year, housing is still the backbone of national wealth
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Residential real estate is the foundation of Australia’s wealth, new data released by CoreLogic reveals.
The Monthly Housing Chart Pack shows residential real estate in Australia is far and away the main source of wealth, worth $9.4 trillion. This compares with $3.4 trillion for superannuation, $2.8 trillion for Australian listed stocks and $1.3 trillion for commercial real estate.
The results show that despite a recent downturn in national dwelling values over the past 12 months with a fall of -8.0 percent, housing still represents the most valuable source of wealth.
While the decline in values represents the greatest fall on record, there are signs that values are once again on the increase. CoreLogic reports that national values rose by 0.9 percent over the 28 days to April 6, driven by a lack of advertised stock, a tight rental market and demand from overseas migration.
Sydney experienced the greatest decline over 2022, with a drop in values of -12.1 percent, following a record high in January 2022. It is also leading the recovery, up 1.4 percent in March. This is followed by Melbourne and Brisbane, who have seen modest but steady improvements in values over March. Adelaide and Perth have proven to be less volatile markets, with Adelaide values -2.4 percent their record high in July 2022 and Perth -0.4 percent lower off their peak, also in July last year.
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Developers spent Dhs125 billion acquiring land in Dubai across the first seven months of 2026, according to Dubai Land Department data, as companies continued building their inventories of development sites ahead of a new project cycle.
The 7,981 land transactions accounted for approximately 8 per cent of the 99,900 total sales transactions recorded in the period, but a disproportionate 39 per cent of the Dhs321 billion in total real estate sales value — a figure that also includes residential units, villas and buildings. Market activity averaged around 1,140 land transactions a month, worth approximately Dhs17.8 billion.
Me’aisem 2 recorded the highest land-sale value of any area, with Dhs10.4 billion across 544 transactions, followed by Al Yalayis 5 with Dhs7.14 billion across 907 deals. Al Ruwayyah 1 ranked third by value despite just three major transactions, worth a combined Dhs6.3 billion. Palm Jebel Ali, Umm Suqeim I and Al Yalayis 1 rounded out the next tier, while Palm Jumeirah recorded Dhs2.4 billion across 44 deals.
The concentration of value in a small number of land transactions — as seen in Al Ruwayyah 1’s three deals worth Dhs6.3 billion — reflects the scale of individual site acquisitions in Dubai’s primary land market, distinct from the smaller residential resale transactions that make up the bulk of deal volume.
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