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Home/Real Estate/NEW HOME SALES DATA

Lifestyle Communities sales drop 28% as Victorian property market softens

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Wilder Lawson

new home sales data · Apr 14, 2026

Lifestyle Communities sales drop 28% as Victorian property market softens

Source: DojiDoji Data Terminal

Downsizer buyers are extending their decision-making cycles. This caution is driven by the sale of existing homes in a soft Victorian property market.

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Lifestyle Communities reported net sales of 43 homes in the March quarter, a 28% drop from 60 in the December quarter and 14% below the 50 recorded in the September quarter.

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As a consequence of the lag between sales and the final settlement of homes, these lower sales rates will temper future settlements.

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