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Sep 6, 2026
Nero Dambi-PillayHOST
Now, a lot of people look at this and say, this means property prices must fall further.
Nero Dambi-PillayHOST
In fact, let's have a look at what SQM Research Managing Director, Louis Christopher had to say.
Nero Dambi-PillayHOST
His warning, it's pretty simple.
Nero Dambi-PillayHOST
He says there's already too much stock, too many properties on the market and a lot more coming.
Nero Dambi-PillayHOST
They're even slightly below where they were this time last year.
Nero Dambi-PillayHOST
Now, think about what that means.
Nero Dambi-PillayHOST
That mountain of property sitting on the market available for sale that Louis Christopher was worried about, it's old stock or properties that have been on the market for a while that aren't selling because buyers have stepped back.
Nero Dambi-PillayHOST
Cotality themselves say the rise in property listings is about homes taking longer to sell not a flurry of people selling.
Edward BoydHOST
Coming up on the program, national property prices have dropped for a fifth straight month, weighed down by three interest rate rises in the federal budget's tax changes.
Edward BoydHOST
Louis Christopher from SQM Research is up shortly.
Edward BoydHOST
Building costs have soared 30% in five years, which the Insurance Council says is pushing up premiums and making the cost of rebuilding homes a massive financial burden.
Edward BoydHOST
ICA Chief Executive Andrew Hall will explain.
Edward BoydHOST
ComBank economists expect Sydney prices to fall 13% from peak to trough, which would be the deepest downturn in the Sydney housing market in at least 20 years.
Edward BoydHOST
Today's building approvals numbers also show that the number of dwellings approved for construction fell 3.6% in July to about 18,000.
Edward BoydHOST
So let's bring in here Louis Christopher, Managing Director at SQM Research.
Edward BoydHOST
Louis, the housing boom in Australia, it's run for several decades.
Martin NorthHOST
Many sellers are now opting to put their properties into the private treaty market rather than list them failing to sell in the public auction market.
Martin NorthHOST
Those properties tended to be at the more affordable end, leaving higher quality properties In the auction market, according to Louis Christopher, founder of SQM Research, even above that, vendors have been adjusting their prices down.
Martin NorthHOST
It appears for now that there's a little bit of a flaw found in the clearance rates.
Martin NorthHOST
That will soon be tested, though, as auctions keep ramping up over the course of September.
James KirbyHOST
He spent his entire professional life with the SQM Research Group, and he is the managing director.
James KirbyHOST
It's Louis Christopher.
James KirbyHOST
How are you, Louis?
Louis ChristopherGUEST
G'day, James.
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James KirbyHOST
[upbeat music] Hello.
James KirbyHOST
Welcome back to the Australians Money Puzzle podcast.
James KirbyHOST
James Kirby here with regular guest Louis Christopher, a managing director of the SQM Research Group, who is, as I have said at the start of the show, one of the, one of the real independent voices and experts on residential property, which I can tell you I find hard to find for the show, for you, because this is what I want for you.
James KirbyHOST
I want people with an independent view.
Martin NorthHOST
So yes, the auction clearance rate signal continued slowing.
Martin NorthHOST
SQM Research Director Louis Christopher quoted in the AFR said that he was not seeing any signs of a recovery and a rise in listings for the spring selling season was likely to put further downward pressure on auction clearance rates.
Martin NorthHOST
This spring selling season is going to be a buyer's market big time.
Martin NorthHOST
If sellers do not come to the market properly in terms of meeting the market pricing expectations, they're not going to sell.
Sam GordonHOST
Um, but it's funny because I always reflect on that because that podcast was about, it was literally the week after.
Sam GordonHOST
So I think, I think Louis Christopher's interview, you know, Louis Christopher from SQM research, his interview on a current affair.
Sam GordonHOST
I don't know if I'll cut that out if I'm allowed to say this, but I mean, it was his interview on a current affair, right? And all they did, they took his 60-minute interview and clipped it down to his 30-second summary of an absolute worst case, worst scenario that could happen in Australia, that the market would crumble by 40%.
Sam GordonHOST
They took his 60-minute interview and decimated him and chopped it down to the 40% crash.