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Australia’s property market is gaining momentum, with Brisbane tipped for double-digit growth and Perth setting new records.
Investors are returning in force especially Gen Z and SMSFs while smaller states and regional towns lead the way.
Meanwhile, first-home buyers face mixed signals as policy pressures mount, affordability tightens, and buying confidence quietly builds.
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Home Buyers Around the Country
‘Everyone wants to be there’: The Melbourne suburb that no one leaves (Domain)
No walls, no worries: Gutted home sparks tradie stampede (REA)
First home buyer policies ‘harm the people they most intend to help’ (AFR)
Is now a good time to buy property? Buyers don't think so – but they're buying anyway (Domain)
WA housing heat: Cheap stock vanishes as prices surge (ABN)
Australia's most out-of-reach property market for first-home buyers – and it's not Sydney (Domain)
Locked out: Younger generations choose life on wheels and water (REA)
The type of house you should buy as Australian governments 'pour fuel on the fire' (Yahoo)
The school catchment at the top of WA home buyers’ wish list (Domain)
Sydney first‑homebuyer loses $50k in phishing scam (ABN)
This seaside suburb makes residents grin as wide as the Luna Park's smile (Domain)
Investors
30-minute apartment sale underscores surging buyer demand (REA)
Trust lending shake-up: What’s next for investors? (SPI)
AMP Bank reenters self-managed superfund space (ABN)
Gen Z Aussie jumping on investment trend to fund solo home dream: 'Good strategy' (Yahoo)
Perth housing passes the million-dollar mark; so what's still affordable in Australia? (ABN)
Brisbane house prices to surge 11pc – nearly double Sydney (REA)
NSW regional towns where house prices soared 20 per cent in a year (Domain)
How far property prices will rise in 2026 (SMH)
KPMG forecasts huge Sydney house price jump (REA)
Summer surge: Aussie home prices climb as buyers shrug off rate hike fears (ABN)
Perth tipped to outpace rest of the country in 2026 property prices (Domain)
Demand for mid-priced homes rockets at Gold Coast auction event (AFR)
Another boom year for Australia’s smaller states (SPI)
Mortgage stress hits three-year low but 2026 rate hikes could undo gains (ABN)
'Forget it': Suburbs where prices leapt $340,000 in just 90 days (Domain)
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