2025 in Review – What We Predicted, What Actually Happened & What’s Next for Property (Ep. 347)
- Property Planning Australia
- Feb 4
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 31
Previously known as “The Property Planner, Buyer and Professor”
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Show Notes
Each year on The Property Trio Podcast, we put our reputations on the line.
At the start of the year, we make clear predictions about where the property market is heading. And at the end of the year, we do something that’s far less common in this industry, we look back and hold ourselves accountable.
In this episode, Dave hosts our annual “How did we go?” predictions review, where the Trio dig back into our 2025 forecasts and score each other on accuracy. There’s plenty of banter along the way, but also some honest reflection on what we got right, what we got wrong and what genuinely surprised us.
Who nailed it, and who missed the mark?
Cate, Dave and Mike each revisit their predictions and apply a scorecard across the year. Some calls aged well. Others… not so much. And in a few cases, the biggest lesson was what we didn’t see coming at all.
The 11 dynamics we review each year
As always, our predictions and review are structured around the same eleven core dynamics that shape the property market:
What the overall market would do
Capital city top performers
Regional locations
Investor participation
Government intervention in the property market
New builds, developers, and construction activity
Interest rates
Rents and vacancy rates
Sales volumes and new listings
Key risks that could impact the market
Inflation
By reviewing each of these consistently year after year, it becomes much easier to separate luck from skill, and noise from real trends.
