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Property market downturn hits 93% of Australian suburbs

Price falls now universal except Darwin, with buyers delaying purchases expecting 15-20% further declines.
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Perth property prices soften in pockets as buyers hit serviceability ceiling

Early data shows small declines in select Perth suburbs while agents dispute the scale, a test case for what happens when credit tightens in a supply-starved market.
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Queensland property market lending falls 5.9% as credit rationing outpaces price drops

Loan volumes down harder than values in June quarter. Is credit the real constraint, or will supply hold the floor?
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Auction clearance rates fall to 52.4% as spring listings arrive

Clearance rates dropped for the third straight week while auction volumes jumped 16%. Either vendors are testing stale price expectations or buyers are about to return.
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Rental affordability Australia: single workers now spend 50-69% of pay

Median apartments now eat more than half of take-home pay for a $70k earner in every capital, and regional centres offer no escape.
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Boomer downsizing wave: 1.93m households set to move, what it means for supply

Two million Australian households plan to downsize within five years, but whether that frees up family homes or floods the wrong end of the market depends on where they move and what they leave behind.
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Housing downturn spending: how frozen property sales crush furniture retailers

Property transaction volumes fell sharply mid-year, and now furniture and appliance chains are feeling the secondary hit.
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School zone property premium: what Sydney buyers actually pay

Catchment boundaries are creating a parallel housing market in Sydney. The premium compounds over decades, but the floor it creates may not hold if one thing changes.
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Broker consolidation accelerates as revenue per operator jumps 16%

One major aggregator shed 152 brokers in three months while its loan book grew 25% and revenue per broker climbed sharply, a pattern that points to fewer, bigger players.
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Regional housing downturn: which markets are falling and why

Regional property values dropped 0.1% last quarter as the decline spreads beyond capitals, but the pattern isn't uniform.
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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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