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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 Infrastructure Is the Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight

Public works are slowing just as Australia needs more homes. The real risk may be buried under roads, pipes and delivery timelines.
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Brisbane Property Market Cools as Buyers Rethink the Boom

Brisbane values are still rising, but higher rates and investor uncertainty are testing how much heat is left in the market.
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Australia housing affordability just hit a harsher reality

Renting now eats a record share of income, while the housing target is improving but still late. That gap is where the real risk sits.
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Consumer Confidence Australia: Housing Hopes Hit the Wall

Confidence has slipped again, but the bigger signal may be what households now think about property prices.
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Short the Australian Banks: $11b bet sparks warning

Hedge funds have built a record bet against the big four banks. The question is whether this is a valuation call, or a housing warning.
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Property growth corridors: three markets to watch in 2027

Three regions have infrastructure, population or jobs behind them. The question is whether prices have already moved too far.
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Property market crash: buying window or bigger fall ahead?

Fear is back in housing, but the weaker headline market may not be the whole market.
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Buyers Agency Collapse: The Trust Test Investors Face

A major buyer’s agency failure has exposed a harder question for investors: how much trust should sit behind an upfront fee?
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Negative gearing shake-up sends investors into new apartments

Investors are chasing the new-build tax carve-out, but first-home buyers may feel the pressure first.
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Negative equity shock hits first-home buyers hardest

Recent buyers are discovering a brutal gap between what they spent and what lenders now think their homes are worth.
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Auction Clearance Rates Send a Warning to Sellers

More vendors are delaying auctions as buyers wait for lower prices. The next test is whether sellers blink first.
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Australia Is Short 262,000 Homes. Will Prices Surge Again?

Australia is forecast to miss its housing target by 262,000 homes as buyer support expands. Does that mean prices must rise?
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Luxury Property’s Old Sydney-Melbourne Script Is Breaking

Prestige buyers are shifting north and west, but the new luxury boom may be less secure than it looks
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Meriton’s Sydney freeze is a warning shot for housing supply

Australia’s biggest apartment builder says Sydney no longer stacks up. If that capital shifts north, the housing squeeze may get worse before it gets better.

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