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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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House prices marginal seats: where the downturn is turning political

Price falls clustering in electorates Labor holds by less than 5%, and why that geography matters more than the national average.
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Wage growth property affordability gap: households needed 8%+ to stand still

Three rate rises plus rising costs meant incomes had to jump twice the national average just to maintain last year's buying power, most fell short.
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Adelaide property market holds firm as national cycle turns

Six of Australia's ten strongest LGAs are in South Australia, but the same supply tightness driving performance now could amplify the fall when national headwinds arrive.
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Selling property rate rises: how three months cost $200k in equity

A $1.88m Sydney sale shows the hidden cost of hesitation when rates start climbing, early movers captured value that late sellers watched disappear.
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Vendor expectations Sydney: $200k gap shows the price-reset problem

A Surry Hills terrace passed in $200,000 below its 2021 sale price. The question isn't whether this is a bad market, it's how long sellers take to accept that.
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Property auctions Australia: why the clearance model is retreating

Auction listings down 20% year-on-year while total stock climbs, vendors are choosing private treaty in a cooling market, but the shift reveals more about buyer sentiment than sale method.
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Rental vacancy rates hit record lows as viability gap chokes supply

Construction costs and investor returns now sit so far above what tenants can pay that new rental housing has become unviable in most markets.
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Housing approvals hit 52,000: regional surge masks capacity trap

National dwelling approvals reached an eight-year high in the June quarter, but the strongest growth came from regional markets that lack the workers to build what's been approved.
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Foreign capital housing supply: why institutional money is filling the gap

Japanese and Korean firms are backing Melbourne residential land development while local capital pulls back, the scale, speed and conditions are different to the Chinese apartment wave a decade ago.
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Melbourne auction clearance rate hits 62.6%: buyer confidence or bottom fishing?

Saturday's 62.6% preliminary clearance rate could mark Melbourne's strongest weekend since March, but agents are splitting properties away from auction as conditions stay uneven.
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Mortgage default risk Adelaide: 40% jump in one suburb signals wider pressure

One Adelaide suburb saw default risk climb 39% in three months, but the pattern points to a national stress test for mid-tier markets.
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First home buyer cash purchase trend reveals credit access gap

3,563 more Victorian first-home concessions than loans in FY25. When deposit help becomes outright purchase, what does that signal about who's locked out?
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Green property premium: what the numbers say about trees and value

Leafy streets and bush settings command a measurable price gap in Melbourne, but the premium isn't uniform and the trade-offs matter.
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Luxury property sales Sydney: $20m harbourside unit tests prestige market

Former McDonald's franchisees are selling their Crown Residences apartment for about $20 million, a test of whether ultra-high-end buyers are still active.

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