sydneyrealestate advertiser domain holdings australia ltd expects earnings and margins to slip after listing volumes slumped amid falling property prices domain on tuesday said that it anticipates earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortization for the first half of its 2023 fiscal year of about 48 million australian dollars us321 million it reported ebitda of a545 million in 1h of fiscal 2022 it said that higher revenue and cost savings mean that earnings should improve materially over its fiscal second half which covers the six months through june 2023 earnings margins over the full fiscal year will still fall by a percentagepoint figure in the low singledigits it added domain said that listings volumes had fallen 16 in october and 22 in november with weakness particularly pronounced in inner sydney and melbourne the weakness has continued into december it said december is experiencing an earlierthanusual seasonal decline as agents and vendors defer listings into the 2023 calendar year this trend contrasts with december 2021 when listings activity was unusually long domain said more positively domain lowered its cost forecast for fy 2023 to between a250 million and a255 million from a275 milliona280 million