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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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House unit price gap Melbourne hits $110k: what buyers miss

Melbourne's house-unit spread widened sharply during the downturn. The question is whether it narrows when demand returns, or stays.
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Upsizing Sydney property costs hit $270k premium as supply tightens

The gap between starter and family homes widens even as median prices fall. How a shortage at the top end locks families in place.
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Negative equity first home buyers: 480 households now underwater

One in a hundred 5% deposit scheme borrowers sits below break-even, concentrated in Sydney and Melbourne's priciest suburbs, but the guarantee shifts the risk, not the reality.
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Property price corrections: which past downturn does 2026 match?

History shows Australian housing bounces back after falls, but the timeline and triggers vary wildly depending on which recession you're comparing to.
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Commercial hospitality property: why pubs beat offices in 2026

A family backing pub assets with nine figures while retail landlords chase tenants, the commercial property divide is widening.
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Share house renters over 40 now the majority: what it signals

Workers in their 40s and 50s now outnumber students in share houses. The shift marks a structural affordability problem, not a lifestyle choice.
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Regional property market correction: which towns face the steepest falls

A decade of 99% regional price growth is unwinding, but not uniformly.
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Retail property investment: Blackstone exits last mall as buyers reset

A $3 billion selldown wraps up, but the fact anyone's buying at all signals a split view on what shopping centres are worth now.
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Buyer confidence vanishes as property prices fall

Prices are dropping and listings are thin, but hopeful buyers are staying home. What breaks the standoff?
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Luxury property investment Australia triples: what offshore capital sees

Global developers are pouring capital into branded residences at triple 2015 levels. The question: does this tier ride out a correction, or amplify it?
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Premium property price correction deepens: $4.8m loss signals shift

A $4.8m sale at 2023 levels marks the widest vendor loss yet in a market where the top quartile is behaving nothing like the median.
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WA housing affordability: repayments hit 47.5% of income

Perth homeowners are now spending nearly half their income on mortgages, more than Sydney's worst quarters in 2023, and rental supply hasn't kept pace with population.
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Buyer behaviour splits: upgraders and first-timers drive demand as investors pull back

While banks forecast more rate hikes, brokers report inquiry spikes from upgraders chasing renovation alternatives and first-home buyers facing less competition, but investor appetite has stalled.
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Brisbane office market attracts $380m institutional bet while Sydney, Melbourne stall

A major capital deployment into Brisbane's commercial property market raises questions about risk appetite, yield spreads and whether the 2032 Olympics infrastructure buildout justifies backing offices when other capitals remain under pressure.

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