House prices are falling? Here are some places it is falling

House prices are falling? Here are some places it is falling

When home prices fall, we are offered an opportunity to think about buying or waiting or well, simply ignoring it. However, we should at least know where they are falling so that we could potentially reap benefits from it. Right? If right, then read on. If wrong, then maybe property investment is really not for you. That’s fine too. Just need to earn enough so that you can pay rental forever. Many billionaires can stay in 5-star hotels for as long as they wanted too.

#1 – Property prices falling in Jersey

“The average house price in Jersey has fallen by 5% over the past year, according to a new report.

The average property now costs about £569,000 – which is down from almost £600,000 at the start of 2025.

The number of properties sold dropped 1% over the same period and was 10% lower than in the final three months of 2025.

The report by Statistics Jersey highlighted the House Price Index (HPI) had remained 18% below its peak, which was recorded in the third quarter of 2022..”

In case you are still wondering where Jersey is, it’s part of United Kingdom yeah. Not the Jersey in America. That’s New Jersey…

#2 Property prices falling in Melbourne, Sydney

“While every capital city was affected by the change of pace, according to data from Cotality, the real drivers were the numbers in Sydney and Melbourne, which saw house prices fall 0.6 per cent across the month.

Cotality’s head of research for Australia, Gerard Burg, said a pattern was now emerging in Australia’s two largest cities..”

#3 Property prices falling in New Zealand

“According to ANZ’s latest Property Focus report, New Zealand home prices are expected to decline by 2% in 2026, reversing its earlier projection of a 2% increase. This is due to rising mortgage rates, lower buyer confidence, and global uncertainty stemming from the Middle East conflict.

These headwinds coincide with a high number of for-sale listings, low sales volumes, declining auction clearance rates, and low buyer confidence..”

#4 Malaysia leh??

I know, we should look here first. Sometimes grass is not always greener, right? Let’s just look at actual numbers versus some predictions or some newspapers trying to get more people to click to read, right? I tried but could not find any one particular negative news on the property market. Some of them include these below:

“The property market is expected to remain stable in 2026 as long as there is no major escalation of global conflicts, says the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda).

Rehda president Ho Hon Sang noted that several macroeconomic factors support this outlook, including a stronger ringgit, steady economic growth, stable interest rates, and political stability.

Ho acknowledged that construction and selling prices have increased but remain manageable, suggesting the market is unlikely to experience drastic fluctuations..”

Comment: Note that this statement comes from Real Estate Housing Developers of Malaysia. They represent the developers… okay? However, they also cannot sway the market if indeed the market is doing extremely badly.

#5 – JLL’s view based on transactions

“Residential, which accounts for 62 per cent of total property transactions in Malaysia, remained stable in early 2026, with transaction volume declining by 1.5 per cent but transaction value rising 1.3 per cent, indicating a more selective but still liquid market.

Tan said that buyer activity also remained healthy, with Kuala Lumpur recording its strongest quarterly residential performance in four years in the fourth quarter of 2025, with up to 4,734 transactions and a transaction value of RM5.8 billion.”

Comment: This is from JLL. So, this meant that it’s really based on numbers, numbers and numbers.

#6 – Always be ready as opportunities could suddenly drop by

Suddenly your neighbor is moving to another state for a great offer and wants to sell her property for 20 percent below market? Well, if we are ready, we could get it.

Suddenly we saw an auction listing of a property within our neighborhood for 40 percent below market price? If we like to buy another unit, then opportunity has opened up.

There could be many other opportunities. What is lacking is just whether we are ready or we are not. This is why it’s important to be ready with ‘bullets’. If we spend everything, then we will not just lose the opportunity but also the potential gains in the future. Happy understanding.

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