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Western Australia is still pulling in investors, but sentiment has slipped fast. If rates and policy risk keep rising, the next phase could look very different.

Mortgage applications jumped 10.3 per cent last quarter. These are the suburbs drawing the most heat, and the pockets where value still stacks up.

Australia’s biggest apartment builder says Sydney no longer stacks up. If that capital shifts north, the housing squeeze may get worse before it gets better.

Australia’s prime working-age population is still growing, but not everywhere. That split could reshape local housing demand, council budgets and business growth by 2036.

Western Australia is still pulling in investors, but sentiment has slipped fast. If rates and policy risk keep rising, the next phase could look very different.

A divided RBA board has raised a bigger question than the hike itself: was this really about Middle East tension, or did Australia’s own inflation problem leave the bank with nowhere else to go?

A fresh political blame game is building around interest rates, but the real question for households is simpler: is government spending still making the RBA’s job harder?

Inflation was already proving sticky. Now the oil shock is threatening to push petrol, freight, building inputs and borrowing costs higher at the same time. For property investors, the real risk is not just dearer fuel. It is the prospect of rates staying high for longer just as sentiment weakens.

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Oil has grabbed the headlines, but a 4.10% cash rate is where the property squeeze gets real. The next move matters more than most borrowers think.

A quiet change in bank policy can do more to the market than a loud headline. This week, Westpac Group brands have put 15-year interest-only (I/O) terms for investors...

Home values are softening in the two biggest capitals just as rate fears build. What breaks first: buyer confidence or the downturn narrative?

A rental-property sale can create years of profit in one tax return. Under the proposed CGT reset, the missing safeguard may matter most.

Existing landlords may keep a tax edge future buyers lose, creating a strange incentive not to sell.

Canberra is signalling room to soften parts of its tax reset, but the biggest investor rules are still on the table.

Official wages look stronger on paper. Add house prices to the equation, and a very different affordability story emerges.

Higher rates are already squeezing buyers. If tax settings shift as well, two of the most popular paths into home ownership could get a lot harder, but the real damage may not show up straight away.

A 30 per cent trust tax starts in 2028, but the estate-planning fallout is only beginning.

Existing landlords may keep a tax edge future buyers lose, creating a strange incentive not to sell.

Budget tax changes could reshape negative gearing and CGT. The real test is whether your structure still works.

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Low-deposit loans helped buyers get in sooner. Now higher costs are testing whether they had enough buffer to stay comfortable.

Three years into Perth’s property boom, is there still room to grow—or has the window closed?

Fixed rates are rising before many borrowers have caught their breath. The risk is not just paying more, but fixing at the wrong moment.

Fuel, freight and material costs are rising again, and builders say marginal projects are slipping closer to unworkable. The real question is who wears the damage.

Property still looks attractive on paper, but the real test is whether the numbers, lending settings and risks still stack up once the sales pitch fades.