Market Intelligence

Deep market understanding. Clear commercial advantage.

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RPM’s Market Intelligence division is the strategic engine of the business. Our team of economists, property analysts, GIS specialists and market researchers draws on over three decades of proprietary data, active project monitoring across the east coast, and the kind of commercially grounded insight that only comes from having sales teams embedded in growth corridors every day.
We translate that depth of market knowledge into intelligence that directly informs acquisition strategy, masterplanning, pricing, staging and go to market execution. Our clients include Australia’s leading developers, landowners, builders and institutional investors, as well as international organisations seeking detailed, independent intelligence on the Australian land market.
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Market Analysis and Published Research
RPM publishes monthly and quarterly market intelligence reports covering Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. These reports draw on proprietary sales data, buyer profiling, project performance tracking and competitive benchmarking to provide a clear and current view of market conditions across Australia’s key growth corridors. Every report is informed by RPM’s direct involvement in the projects and transactions being analysed.
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Strategic Consulting and Bespoke Research
RPM's Market Intelligence team delivers tailored consulting engagements for developers, landowners and investors who need detailed market analysis to support their decision making. Whether it is demand and demographic profiling for a target corridor, pricing and absorption analysis for a proposed project, competitive benchmarking across an LGA, or a supply pipeline review across a growth region, each engagement is scoped to the client's brief and prepared by our in house economists, analysts and GIS specialists.
Independent Research for International Investors and Developers
We have a long track record of working with international developers, investors and institutions seeking independent, detailed intelligence on the Australian residential land market. For organisations based offshore, understanding local market conditions, growth corridor dynamics and buyer demographics is critical to sound investment decisions. Our team delivers the kind of granular, locally informed research that international advisory firms and global research houses are not positioned to provide.
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Monthly and Quarterly Market Intelligence Reports
RPM’s published research programme covers the full breadth of Australia’s east coast land markets. Our monthly and quarterly reports analyse sales rates, pricing movement, supply and demand, buyer demographics and market trends across more than 700 actively monitored projects. What sets our research apart is the commercial context behind every data point: our analysts work alongside RPM’s sales and advisory teams daily, which means our intelligence reflects what is actually happening on the ground.

Talk to our Market Intelligence team

Michael Staedler
General Manager, Market Intelligence

Michael is a highly respected and experienced economist who leads RPM’s Market Intelligence division. His team of economists, property analysts and GIS specialists provides the deep, timely and commercially grounded research that underpins RPM’s strategic advice and market authority. Under Michael’s leadership, the division has expanded its analytical capability, strengthened its published research programme and played a central role in establishing RPM as the founding data partner of Terralytics. Michael’s focus is on ensuring RPM’s intelligence remains practical, forward looking and directly tied to commercial outcomes for clients.

Andrew Raponi
Senior Research Manager

Andrew is a highly qualified and experienced economist and property analyst known for producing comprehensive, in-depth, and insightful property market research. His expertise includes analysis of Australia’s macroeconomic landscape, detailed inspection of state and LGA level property markets, product mix, pricing assessments, trends in purchaser demand behaviour, as well as forecasting property market indicators.

Simon Brinkman
Research Manager, QLD & NSW

Simon is an experienced analyst and business development professional with over a decade’s experience across the property, financial services, and automotive industries. He provides up to date analytics and insights to support the Queensland team and their clients. Simon also tracks competitive activity, pricing, and sales rates across SEQ, and is a primary contributor to our SEQ reports.

Laurence Rao
Research Manager, VIC

Laurence specialises in medium and higher density market research, providing market intelligence, analysis, and consultation on projects across established and greenfield markets. With a background that has also encompassed the construction economics and urban planning sectors, Laurence provides wholistic and actionable insights in the built-form economics field.