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The fallout from the Federal Budget continues to ripple across Australia’s property market.
Investors are recalculating strategies as negative gearing changes, tax shocks, and tighter borrowing conditions reshape the landscape.
While some see opportunity in Melbourne and positively geared assets, others are pulling back amid softer auctions, rising construction costs, and growing uncertainty.
Meanwhile, first-home buyers are finding pockets of opportunity as confidence wavers and competition shifts.
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Auction Clearance Rates
Home Buyers Around the Country
‘You just can’t pick it’: Sydney’s Saturday auctions (REA)
After 30 years of neglect, the rotting home was bought for less than $200,000 (Domain)
Avoiding costly mistakes: Buyers warned to conduct due diligence after $6.2m error (SPI)
NAB makes major RBA rate hike call as unemployment rate jumps: 'Balance of risks has shifted' (Yahoo)
Recent fall in auction clearance rates could be good news for first home buyers (ABC)
Melb suburbs where families are forced to downsize (News)
Deposit scheme sparks 22% Gen Z mortgage surge (ABN)
Cashed-up buyers shun builders for instant luxury (REA)
'One-bedder Boomers': The tiny apartments fetching jaw-dropping prices (Domain)
Budget fallout: Who’s getting squeezed out? (SPI)
Granny flat ban reversed for Aussies in fast-growing region: 'Significant milestone' (Yahoo)
New data today to force RBA rates backflip (News)
The affordable pockets hiding in blue-chip suburbs (ABN)
Melbourne home sellers cancel auctions at alarming rate (REA)
Retirement living that's vibrant and vertical (Domain)
Why many Australians will reconsider life overseas after the Budget: 'A passport is not a strategy' (Yahoo)
Blue chip on a budget: How to find cheap homes in premium postcodes (REA)
Bigger blocks for better living: Buyers flock to regional developments (Domain)
Investors
Reno halt: Surging costs spark rise of partially-finished Sydney home listings (SPI)
Young share investors brace for tax hit from Budget as some 'consider leaving Australia' (Yahoo)
Caution and long-term thinking as budget adds to softening real estate market (ABC)
Negative gearing changes ‘not end of world’ for home building: HIA (AFR)
Investors to pay $65k a year in tax bombshell (News)
Budget tax hit to send house prices into freefall (ABN)
Melbourne property ‘best buy in 25 years’ after budget tax changes (REA)
How a transport hub changed this suburb streetscape (Domain)
Investors pull back as negative gearing switch-up reshapes market (SPI)
Pressure builds on new homes and inflation as costs go through the roof (ABC)
'It could go for $50': Gold Coast apartment with $49k annual strata fees goes under the hammer with no reserve (Domain)
Sydney, Melbourne property markets ‘tank’ as auctions remain flat (AFR)
New home sales defy expectations — but the real test starts now (ABN)
Property investors turn to positive gearing to build wealth after budget (REA)
Caution elsewhere, conviction in Brisbane’s prestige market (Domain)
Budget tax changes won’t end property investing – but they will change the game (SPI)
'The party had to end': Young investors torn on budget tax reform (ABC)
Banks are solid, but APRA is watching (ABN)
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Credit: Cotality HVI 1st May 2026
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