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Australia’s housing market is becoming increasingly fragmented.
While Sydney and Melbourne face falling prices and weakening confidence, other cities continue to defy expectations and post gains.
Investors are navigating sweeping tax reforms, tighter lending conditions, and shifting market dynamics, while home buyers weigh up new opportunities in a softer market.
This week’s headlines reveal where resilience remains and where risks are growing.
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Auction Clearance Rates
Home Buyers Around the Country
Melbourne house prices tipped to plunge below $1m for first time since 2021 as confidence slumps (Domain)
NSW ramps up war on underquoting with $110k fines (SPI)
Suburbs still attracting strong buyer interest despite a softening market (REA)
Melbourne's cheapest apartment? South Yarra art deco gem listed from $310k has first-home buyers flocking (Domain)
‘The wealth dream is over’: Buyers abandon property ambitions in droves (SPI)
City suburbs where house prices have fallen fastest as Australia faces 'most severe downturn in decades' (Yahoo)
Auction market finds its footing as active bidding steadies (RayWhite)
Falling inflation gives false hope as key economic pressure gauge worsens (REA)
Sydney's auction clearance rate tanks to 47 per cent, the lowest since the pandemic (Domain)
Housing shortage does not deter town from embracing migrants (ABC)
Sydney house prices could fall up to 7pc next financial year: Domain (AFR)
Prices won’t crash, but first home buyer markets are most exposed (REA)
Victoria bolsters home owner protections after string of botched tradie jobs (SPI)
Why does Perth have an obsession with double brick homes unlike any other city? (ABC)
Investors
New superannuation ban to come for millions of Australians as part of tax changes (Yahoo)
Investors rushing into new builds could be $100,000 worse off, analysis warns (REA)
Brisbane to topple Sydney as Australia's most expensive unit market (Domain)
Industry responds to ‘ball and chain’ property tax reforms (SPI)
Stop counting rent rolls and start counting retentions rates (RayWhite)
The property markets where prices are still rising (REA)
Sydney and Melbourne house prices forecast to fall, while surprise cities emerge as Australia's property market winners (Domain)
Aussie bank plunges in value as loans suddenly go bad: 'Very rapidly' (Yahoo)
Investors warned against ‘knee-jerk’ portfolio reaction (SPI)
Holiday home owners feel pinch from tax changes (AFR)
30 Melbourne suburbs on brink of $1m median hinge on election (REA)
What real estate agents need to know about the new AML laws (Domain)
SMSF curbs could hit 30pc of apartment buyers, developers say (AFR)
Half-million-dollar resale gains propel national profits to record levels (Domain)
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Credit: Domain
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