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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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Auction clearance rates Sydney fall to 10-week low as luxury takes $9m hit

Clearance rates dropped and a Tamarama property shed $9 million, two signals pointing at the same tension before Tuesday's RBA call.
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Spring property market 2026: the agent behaviour shift giving buyers leverage

Agents are cutting prices and chasing offers faster than usual this spring, but is it desperation or strategy?
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Housing price forecast doubled: what 7.3% means for your equity

A major bank now expects national prices to fall 7.3% peak-to-trough, matching the 2022 downturn, with Sydney facing a decade-low correction.
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House price decline wealth effect: the Bunnings barometer

When housing wealth evaporates, the DIY aisle empties first, and the hit to household spending runs deeper than the property value alone.
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Apartment construction costs force luxury bias that blocks supply

Developers building fewer, bigger apartments because small units don't cover rising costs, exactly the opposite of what Queensland's 2032 target needs.
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Business lending demand jumps 11% but it’s cashflow not growth

Companies are borrowing more but buying less, what that shift says about confidence, risk, and the property knock-on.
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Housing construction collapse: why approved projects won’t get built

Builders are walking away from approved developments as the gap between approval and delivery widens to breaking point.
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Prestige property prices Sydney: why $33m sale defies downturn

A Lower North Shore mansion just traded for $33 million while median prices slide. The ultra-high-end operates under different rules.
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Melbourne office market draws new capital despite 18% vacancy

A private consortium is backing CBD office assets while vacancy sits near two-decade highs. What do they see that others don't?
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Property overvaluation Australia: how far prices need to fall

Prices have dropped, but one key measure says the market hasn't reached fair value yet.
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Offshore office exit: what Suntec’s $1b sell-down signals for local buyers

A Singapore REIT flags a billion-dollar Australian office disposal. The question isn't why they're leaving, it's what price they'll accept.
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Melbourne house prices set to fall further despite clearance rate uptick

Victoria's auction clearance rate hit a four-month high last week, yet volume collapsed and median prices remain below lockdown levels, so what's really driving this divergence?
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Sydney clearance rate drop forces Enmore vendors to cut price guides

Auctions are clearing 10-15 percentage points below spring averages as sellers face the choice: drop the guide or extend the campaign.
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Greenfield land development Sydney: what a $700m bet reveals

A cattle farm on Sydney's fringe just hit the market with a nine-figure price tag. The math only works if three big assumptions hold.

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