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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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Auction clearance rates split: prestige holds, mid-market stalls

Melbourne and Sydney clearance rates are falling, but top-end properties still attract multiple bidders while mid-tier stock sits. The gap tells you where price pressure lands next.
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Investor loan sizes hit records in smaller states: stretch or strength?

Loan sizes are climbing to new highs in states where investor activity remains firm, but the mechanics behind those numbers matter more than the headline.
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Victoria investor exodus doubles: landlord sales outpace buyers two-to-one

Auction data shows 30.5% of sellers are landlords, but just 16% of buyers are investors, and first-home buyers are now on track to overtake investor lending by year's end.
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Housing market downturn: Perth, Brisbane cushion vs Melbourne risk

Perth could fall 20% and still hold April 2025 values. Melbourne loses its pandemic buffer after 10%.
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Bank mortgage exposure: why Australia’s biggest home lender faces the steepest fall

One major bank holds 25% of the national mortgage book. What happens when house prices drop another 10%?
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Consumer spending holds up as sentiment crashes to historic lows

Households are spending like the economy is fine, but feeling like it isn't, and that gap is now the biggest risk the RBA faces.
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Property slump construction slowdown: pre-sales freeze defers projects

Falling prices are making it harder for developers to hit pre-sale thresholds, and delayed projects are now starting to tighten future supply.
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Housing finance investor lending drops 8.6% in Q2 but dollar value tells a different story

Fewer investor loans approved this quarter, yet total investor credit still climbed year-on-year, what's driving the split, and what does it mean for rental supply?
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Investor lending decline: $4.2bn exodus and the rental supply gap opening now

Five thousand fewer investor loans in three months. The number sounds abstract until you map it to rental properties that won't exist in 2027.
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Investor pullback outer suburbs hits hardest as tax changes reshape capital flows

Budget measures aren't reducing investor activity evenly, outer suburbs are losing capital fastest, while inner-ring markets hold steady.
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Home prices fall 0.3% as rate pressure hits premium buyers hardest

Sydney down 0.6%, Melbourne 0.4%, but the retreat isn't uniform, and clearance rates suggest worse ahead.
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House price crash Australia: 10% fall would break 50-year record

A national drop exceeding 10 per cent has never happened in living memory. Economists say this cycle could be different.
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Negative equity Sydney: $236k wipeout looms for 10% deposit buyers

ANZ's revised forecast puts recent low-deposit Sydney buyers underwater by mid-2027, but the bigger question is what happens to serviceability when equity vanishes.
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Investor loan applications down 28%, but the floor is already in

The major bank's loan book shows the investor pullback was sharp but short, and demand is stabilising faster than the doomsday script predicted.

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