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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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Mortgage stress suburbs: the common threads behind the cracks

High rates are exposing which buyers stretched too far, and where distressed stock could surface next.
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Adelaide home values fall hardest as credit squeeze hits mid-tier markets

Adelaide's median dwelling price dropped 0.9% in a month, the steepest decline of any capital. What broke?
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Gold Coast property prices turn negative as premium positioning backfires

Queensland's priciest regional market just posted its first quarterly fall in years, and the very factors that powered the boom may now be accelerating the slide.
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Brisbane property downturn: why $30,000 losses signal credit stress

Five straight months of falls have wiped $30,100 off the typical Brisbane home. The question: is this cyclical catch-up or proof that affordability no longer shields you?
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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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Housing price slump spreads to all capitals as credit tightens

The downturn that started in Sydney and Melbourne has now reached Perth and Adelaide. What changed, and what it means for the next six months.
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Housing credit growth hits 16-month low as investor lending retreats

Investor credit growth dropped to a two-year low in July while owner-occupier lending held steady, the first hard data showing policy transmission hitting one cohort harder than the other.
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Developer collapse timeline compressed to days as lender confidence breaks

A Sydney construction group facing liquidation by week's end reveals how quickly mid-tier developers can unravel once funding dries up, staff unpaid for two months, no cash for wages or suppliers, and 2,500 homes mid-build.
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Sydney home prices drop sixth month as rate hikes meet investor tax

House values down $87,000 since November, but the compounding effect of two policy forces is what's driving the depth of this correction.
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Melbourne house prices fall below 2021 levels as policy layers compound

The city's median house price has dropped $65,000 in ten months, but spring declines now track deeper than rates alone explain.
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Melbourne auction volumes hit lowest spring start since 2021 lockdowns

620 homes scheduled across Victoria this week, the thinnest spring opening in five years. Is this vendors holding back or genuine scarcity?

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