Tag: housing affordability

Official wages look stronger on paper. Add house prices to the equation, and a very different affordability story emerges.

Tax settings meant to reward investment may be locking younger buyers out. If Canberra changes the balance, property investors will feel it.

A new wave of property optimism is colliding with weak building numbers, stretched affordability and renewed rate anxiety. That tension could decide who gets locked out, and who adjusts fast enough to stay in the game.