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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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Cairns property market drops 0.16% as tourism reliance bites

First price fall since April 2020 breaks six-year streak. Geography constraints meet nervous buyers.
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House prices falling Australia wide as Brisbane, Perth lose streak

Brisbane's 40-month run is over. Perth and Adelaide have turned. Is this convergence driven by one cause, or are different pressures landing at once?
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Melbourne house prices drop $5000 in July, fifth straight monthly fall

The typical Melbourne house lost more than $160 a day last month, dragging the median below $1m for the first time since April.
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Australian home prices fall fourth month as rate hikes meet budget uncertainty

National dwelling values down 0.3% in July, with Sydney leading the retreat. The question now: how much further before buyers commit?
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Victorian auction volumes to drop 25% as reserve law looms

Sellers are pulling listings ahead of October's mandatory reserve disclosure. The question is whether buyers gain leverage or just fewer choices.
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Sydney property prices: outperformers share three traits underperformers lack

Transport, zoning, and demographic momentum split Sydney's property market into winners and losers – but the gap rarely holds for long.
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Melbourne house prices: the forces behind suburb-level divergence

Same city, wildly different outcomes. What separates the risers from the fallers isn't luck.
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Geelong property market holds while national prices soften

The regional city's median is down just 1.1% year-on-year while other markets slide harder. What's keeping Geelong's floor intact?
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Unit prices growth outpaces houses as affordability hits 15-year low

Units are climbing 6.7% annually while houses slow to 5.6%. Buyers are shifting fast, but can supply keep up with the new demand pattern?
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Reverse mortgage uptake surges on NSW coast as retirees stay put

Over 8,000 new reverse mortgages written in twelve months. Coastal hotspots from Byron to Jervis Bay lead the shift. Superannuation gaps and soft prices are changing how Australians fund retirement.
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Sydney suburbs price falls: 10 repeat crash zones and the warning signs

Same suburbs, same pattern: outer fringe, high-density precincts and second-tier luxury postcodes lead every downturn. This time, stretched borrowers and rising listings point to another round.
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Resilient property markets: what Adelaide reveals about downside protection

One city dominated value performance across three separate corrections. The pattern points to structural traits that buffer capital loss when rates rise.
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Regional Victoria property prices surge 32% as policy shifts investors

Ballarat and Bendigo are drawing investor attention while Melbourne suburbs fall, but the tax reforms driving this have created a timing window that closes in August.
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Building approvals jump 7.2% but houses stall at 0.4%

June data shows apartments surging while detached supply barely moves. What does that split mean for investors and first-home buyers hunting supply gaps?

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