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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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Newcastle property prices: rentvestor retreat meets a $17bn pipeline

Parts of the Hunter have slipped by up to 10 per cent, yet the annual medians are still rising. Which signal is the market actually following?
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House values falling suburbs: why breadth matters more than depth

More than four in five suburbs lost value after the May budget, yet Melbourne looks closest to a floor. The spread of the fall tells a different story to the average.
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Record rents Australia: $675 a week and an inflation trap

Advertised rents have hit a new high, and the pain is spreading to borrowers. Whether the pressure eases depends on supply, not sentiment.
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Housing myths buyer confidence: builder says hype, not demand, is the problem

A Victorian builder says negative narratives are keeping buyers out. The data backs part of that, and complicates the rest.
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Building crane count hits a record 896, but it only shows past decisions

A record 896 cranes are working across Australia, yet rising costs are stalling the apartment projects meant to follow them.
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Australian property market correction: how deep can it go?

Home values have fallen five months running and the cash rate is at 4.6%. The real question is whether this is a price reset or a stability problem.
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Sydney rents falling: a ceiling on incomes, not a supply fix

Weekly asking rents in Sydney have started to ease. Whether that is relief or just tenants running out of room to pay is the question that matters.
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Post-Budget property market splits as some cities slide, others turn

The Budget has pulled Australia's housing markets apart, with some cities sliding while others quietly find a floor. The reasons run deeper than interest rates.
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Queensland migration property prices: the cheap move is over

Interstate buyers on the Gold Coast now pay about $200,000 more than they sold for. Whether that marks a peak in migration demand is the harder call.
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Construction insolvencies: why a second wave looks likely

Fixed-price contracts and surging input costs are squeezing thin builder margins, just as Australia needs far more homes than it is building.
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Home building starts lift 7%, but the pipeline is thinning

Starts rose in the June quarter while approvals fell 6.1% in August, and the housing target is slipping by 262,000 homes.
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Perth Rental Crisis Persists Even as House Prices Fall

Rents are up 67 per cent in five years while Perth house prices soften. Cheaper homes have not produced more rentals, and the reasons sit on the supply side.
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Datacentre construction boom is squeezing Australian builders

Housing starts are at multi-decade highs, but datacentres now take a fifth of non-residential commencements. Who gets the builders?
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Sydney Unit Rents Hit a Record as Tenants Reach Their Limit

Rents keep climbing while some tenants run out of room to pay. Whether landlords can keep pushing is the open question.

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