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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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Australian property credit: offshore funds back a $1b play

Global investors are lining up behind a new local property debt vehicle while domestic private credit is under strain. The question is who ends up funding the next round of development.
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Unsold Homes Six Months On: Why Stale Listings Skew Price Data

More than a quarter of listings reportedly sit unsold for half a year. That could be warping the median price headlines, and nobody yet knows when sellers will blink.
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Building approvals shortfall: do thin pipelines mean firmer prices?

A new tally puts the gap at 88,809 approvals over three years. Whether that props up prices and rents is a different question.
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Sydney Distress Sales: Early Warning or Isolated Pockets?

Owners in parts of Sydney are rushing to sell as rates stay high. Whether that signals a wider repricing depends on data most listings don't show.
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Perth housing slump affordability: why cheaper prices don’t help

Perth prices have fallen sharply, yet monthly repayments have barely moved. The rate cycle is doing the damage the price drop was meant to undo.
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Housing approvals slide as higher rates squeeze project margins

Approvals fell 6.1% in August, but the bigger story is what happens to projects that were already approved and now do not stack up.
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Housing market downturn: how this fall compares with 1990 and 2008

Prices are falling at a pace not seen in decades, but the real question is what is driving it and where the floor might sit.
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Perth property buyers ditch coast for sheds as value priorities flip

Coastal views losing to larger blocks with workshops in Perth's outer ring, a shift that signals what happens when buyers can't afford both amenity and utility.
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Melbourne housing market land deal tests developer confidence

A major developer is backing Melbourne land while prices slide and credit dries up, confidence or miscalculation?
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Melbourne industrial site conversion: what a music HQ sale signals

An inner-city industrial property is testing whether developers still see residential upside in conversion plays.
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Property platform vertical integration: what REA’s Irish deal means for brokers

A $409 million stake in an Irish marketplace signals REA is building end-to-end control of the buyer journey -- from listing to settlement.
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Ingenia valuation gap: why analysts reject the $3b bid

A takeover offer raised twice still undershoots analyst targets, what's driving the mismatch between bid price and asset value?
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Interest rate rise to 4.6% pushes apartment projects past break-even

The RBA's latest move lifts borrowing costs to a 15-year high, and independent modelling says 10,700 fewer new homes will be built as a result.
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Buyer negotiating power surges as agents struggle to close deals

When experienced agents can't bridge the gap between vendor expectations and market reality, it's evidence of a structural shift, not just softness.

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