Self-paced · Free · Coming Q3 2026

SuburbIQ Academy.
Learn to read the data yourself.

Six free courses on the methodology behind every SuburbIQ report. We'd rather you understand and challenge our conclusions than rely on them blindly. The Academy is how you build that fluency — from cycle reading to APRA stress testing, in your own time.

Free · 8 lessons

Reading a SuburbIQ Report

Walk through every page of a Tier 3 report. What each metric means. What each verdict tells you to do. How to challenge our conclusion when you disagree.

Coming Q3 2026
Free · 6 lessons

The Property Cycle, From First Principles

Recovery. Mid-cycle. Peak. Correction. How to spot each stage from the data — DOM, vacancy, stock-on-market, price acceleration — without reading newspaper articles.

Coming Q3 2026
Free · 5 lessons

Comp-Led Valuation 101

Why a sale 200m away matters more than the suburb median, but only if the structural specs line up. The 30-feature matching engine, explained step by step.

Coming Q3 2026
Free · 4 lessons

APRA Stress Testing for Buyers

The 1.5pp buffer, expanded to 7 scenarios. How to model your own loan against rate shocks before the bank does it for you.

Coming Q3 2026
Free · 4 lessons

The DDI: Demand Depth, Explained

Affordability is a sticker price. Demand depth is whether the buyers behind that sticker price can keep showing up. The full hybrid IRSAD + Years-to-Own methodology.

Coming Q3 2026
Free · 5 lessons

STGS: Reading Short-Term Signals

Nine HTAG endpoints, six research-validated thresholds, one 1-year forward signal. How to interpret each pillar and what makes a signal real vs. noise.

Coming Q3 2026

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