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House price growth Australia: why a decade of doubling is a fragile bet

New modelling projects hundreds of suburbs doubling by 2036. The maths leans on past trends, and the next decade looks structurally different.
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Property sentiment index flips negative as rates bite

A NAB survey of property professionals now sees house prices sliding 4.2% over a year, and the constraint has moved from supply to borrowing costs.
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Regional NSW property growth: scarcity or thin volumes?

Some unexpected towns have posted double-digit gains, but a rise on few sales can mislead investors chasing the trend.
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Home sales down 20.9 per cent: price data is the last to know

Sales are down about a fifth, yet values have only slipped for six months. The gap between the two may be hiding the real damage.
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Construction job losses deepen Australia’s housing supply crisis

16,000 jobs gone in July, apprenticeships at a five-year low, and the worker shortage means slower builds no matter what policy does next.
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SA investor loans hit all-time high as tax changes bite first-home buyers

South Australia just recorded 649 investor loan approvals for new construction in one quarter, a record. First-home buyers are pulling back. Here's what's driving the collision.
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Retail property valuations face billion-dollar litmus test

A $1bn+ portfolio hitting the market will show whether investors still believe in retail's recovery, or whether the price for consumer-facing assets just reset lower.
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Data centre investment now 80% of major developer’s pipeline

One industrial giant has quietly shifted four-fifths of its activity into tech infrastructure while traditional warehouse demand cools.
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Housing affordability Australia: 22% income-price gap locks renters out

House prices grew 22% faster than incomes in a decade. Recent 5-7% falls haven't closed the gap. Who's still marginal, and who's locked out entirely?
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Commercial property sale tests appetite for neighbourhood retail

A Brisbane family is offloading $1 billion worth of shopping centres into a market where yield demands keep rising and buyer pools keep shrinking.
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Prestige property market Sydney: $5m haircut signals repricing wave

A Mosman mansion that sold for $17m in 2022 is now asking $12m. Is this one outlier or the start of a liquidity crisis across Sydney's top tier?
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Melbourne auction clearance rates fall below 50% as vendor expectations lag market reality

Barely half of Melbourne homes are selling under the hammer. The gap between what sellers want and what buyers can pay is now widest in one particular property type.
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Passed in auctions: what actually happens next and what it costs

More buyers are banking on post-auction discounts, but the numbers tell a different story about who wins when the hammer doesn't fall.
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Gold Coast housing supply: $146m infrastructure bet faces land scarcity reality

Queensland backs infrastructure to unlock 18,900 homes, but with just 68 lots available last quarter, can capital spending outpace the binding constraint?
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Hobart property market stays firm as rents, low stock offset rate drag

While capital-city values flatten, Hobart dwelling prices rose 1.4% last quarter. The question: can tight supply and yield strength hold when listings lift in spring?
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Melbourne CBD office occupancy lags Sydney as hybrid work sticks

Property Council data shows Melbourne's CBD recovery trails Sydney by a meaningful margin. The gap isn't closing.
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Resilient property markets Australia: 10 regions that gained through three downturns

Ten regional pockets stayed positive through 2004, 2018 and 2026 corrections while capitals fell, but the structural supports that protected them may not hold this cycle.
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Housing downturn retail spending: how falling prices hit shops

Residential price falls are cutting household spending, and retail landlords are feeling it through weaker tenant sales and rent pressure.

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