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Investor confidence is booming, rate cuts may be imminent, and tiny blocks are suddenly hot property.
Meanwhile, first-home buyers face rising competition and shrinking options, even as some surprising suburbs buck the trend with falling prices.
This week’s wrap unpacks the contradictions and opportunities in Australia’s evolving housing market.
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Auction Clearance Rates
Home Buyers Around the Country
How the quiet suburban house lifestyle can survive rising demand for apartments (REA)
From Huskisson to Sutton: The best coast and country listings on the market right now (AllHomes)
How rundown Northcote house became award-winning gem (REA)
One stop further: Where buyers can save big on houses (ABN)
Where you can still rent for less than a trolley of groceries (Domain)
First-home buyers miss out as competition heats up (AllHomes)
Gold Coast now has Australia's highest rents (Domain)
Shrinking blocks, growing demand: How buyers are adapting to smaller homes (ABN)
‘Costly problems’ too many homeowners are ignoring (News)
Spring’s prettiest home? This Mount Martha beauty might be it (Domain)
Investors
Signs 2026 will be a good year for home building (REA)
Market boom: Investor activity hits 8-year high (SPI)
Why the property market isn’t as strong as it looks this spring (Domain)
Australia’s next boom: Why young entrepreneurs need the same backing as first home buyers (SPI)
RBA interest rate cut within weeks now 'higher probability' after shock jobs data: 'Canary in the coal mine’ (Yahoo)
Tight rental market and lower rates drive investor surge (ABN)
Suburbs where homes got cheaper when they weren’t supposed to (Domain)
Why these tiny blocks are hot property (REA)
Unemployment on the rise (ABN)
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