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Negative Gearing New Builds Could Crowd Out First-Home Buyers

Investor demand is shifting towards new homes, but the tax incentive designed to lift supply could squeeze first-home buyers first.
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Foreign Property Tax Deductions Hide a Bigger Issue

Offshore owners are claiming substantial Australian rental deductions, but the headline numbers leave a critical policy question unanswered.
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Regional Property Markets Are Holding Up. But Not Everywhere

Capital city prices are easing, but regional markets are still showing strength. The catch is knowing which signals matter.
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Australia House Price Correction: The Warning Buyers Can’t Ignore

Prices are already slipping in Sydney and Melbourne. The bigger question is whether lower values actually make housing safer.
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Australian Rental Prices Hit Record as Supply Breaks

Rents have reached fresh highs, but the bigger risk is what happens if investor supply keeps shrinking.
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Housing supply gap: NSW squeezed as migration outruns builds

New ABS data shows population growth is still running ahead of new homes, and NSW is where the pressure looks hardest to absorb.
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Data Centre Housing Supply Fight Opens New Investor Risk

A Geelong site planned for homes may become digital infrastructure. The bigger question is who pays when housing land is redirected.
Suburb Reviews

Queensland Stamp Duty Shock Opens New Investor Tax Front

Queensland expects a $325m duty hit, but the sharper story is who gets squeezed as tax rules keep shifting.
Suburb Reviews

Tasmania housing deal exposes the real supply bottleneck

Tasmania has a 4,000-home promise. The bigger question is whether infrastructure can turn announcements into keys.
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Australia housing market slowdown: why prices are splitting

The national index has stalled, but Perth and Darwin are still rising. The question is whether this becomes orderly, or broader.
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Home Ownership Affordability: Aussies Are Quitting the Dream

More Australians say property is no longer realistic. The deeper question is whether this is surrender, or a rational reset.
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ACT Budget housing plan cuts duty but raises cost risk

Canberra is cutting stamp duty and backing supply, but higher property charges could decide whether homes actually get built.
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Auction Clearance Rates Hit Six-Year Low: Who Blinks First?

More than half of auctioned homes failed to sell. The bigger question is whether sellers cut prices or buyers keep waiting.
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Melbourne build-to-rent deal exposes the supply catch

A $315m Collingwood deal adds confidence to rental supply, but the homes may not arrive until 2030.
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Frasers Property Adds 3,800 Homes to Development Pipeline

Frasers Property has added about 3,800 homes to its pipeline, but the long delivery timelines show why new land deals cannot fix shortages overnight.
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Housing Market Forecast 2026: Investor Retreat Hits Prices

Westpac expects investor activity to fall 34 per cent as tax changes and higher rates collide. The bigger question is whether prices bend or break.
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Housing Market Outlook 2026: CBA’s Warning Just Got Sharper

CBA now expects flat home prices in 2026. The bigger question is whether this is a pause, or the start of a tougher reset.
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Perth property market peak: the boom signal buyers can’t ignore

Perth prices are still rising fast, but the market is starting to send a different signal.
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Australian Housing Investors Are Older, Richer and More Leveraged

New RBA data shows investors look resilient, but the debt and age profile reveals where the next housing shock could bite.

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