Editorial
The Movement
New builds undercut established houses in three Melbourne suburbs
Matching live house-and-land asking prices against the established house median in the same suburb gives a median gap of -$64,250 across 19 Victorian suburbs. In three of them, Sunbury, Truganina and Werribee, the new package is actually the cheaper of the two.
7 September 2026·2 min read
Yields on South East house and land are outperforming the West by 11.2%
Average yield on a 3 bedroom H&L package in the south east is 4.1% vs 3.7% in the west, that is 11.2% higher return. And the median package price in the south east is $118k more expensive.
7 September 2026·1 min read
Are 3 bedroom properties better value than 4 beds? The data suggests so.
Across 20 Melbourne suburbs 4 bedroom H&L packages average 14.0% above the resale medians in the same suburb. Where 3 bedrooms the gap is only 4.7%.
3 September 2026·1 min read