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Australia’s property market is facing renewed uncertainty as rate hike fears grow, premium markets weaken and affordability pressures mount.

At the same time, buyers are gaining negotiating power, with bargain opportunities emerging across Melbourne, Queensland, Victoria and regional areas.

For investors, shifting tax and housing policies add another layer of complexity, making timing and strategy more important than ever.

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Home Buyers Around the Country

  • Stamp duty revenue plunges as property slump deepens (AFR)

  • Share of Melbourne homes selling above reserve plunges to new low (REA)

  • ’Struggling to pay my mortgage’: What NZ’s housing crash signals for Australia (Domain)

  • New Australian-first rule for home sellers from next month dubbed 'bad move with good intentions' (Yahoo)

  • First-home buyers retreat as tax changes bite (AFR)

  • Apartment buyer facing $40k shortfall as Bathla collapse puts discount offer at risk (ABC)

  • How Aus housing growth corridors could become ‘economic slums’ (News)

  • ‘Totally ruined’: Aussies reject push for more homes (AllHomes)

  • 50 trending suburbs where more buyers are hunting for homes (REA)

  • Buyers hold negotiation upper hand as market pivots to private treaty (SPI)

  • Fivefold jump in negative equity for 5pc deposit first home buyers (AFR)

  • Back in favour: Victoria dominates most-viewed list as buyers seek out bargains (REA)

  • Gold Coast charity helping at-risk youth build tiny homes (ABC)

  • Affordable regional pockets emerge as buyer search hotspots (ABN)

  • Should you accept a pre-auction offer? Five questions every home seller should ask (AllHomes)

Investors

  • Record-breaking Sydney mansion sells at a shocking $7m loss (Domain)

  • Hidden gem Melbourne areas where demand is surging (REA)

  • The end of the 50 per cent CGT discount: what happens next for investors (Domain)

  • The 5 lessons investors wish they knew sooner (SPI)

  • This 34-year-old owns over 200 properties. Now his tenants are unionising (AFR)

  • A property ‘window of opportunity’ – and it’s closing (News)

  • Migration or housing: Australians pick a side (ABN)

  • Premium homes bear brunt of Australia's housing downturn (MPAMag)

  • Labor’s housing reforms to slash 10,700 homes and cost thousands of jobs (REA)

  • The surprising corner of the housing market showing signs of recovery (Domain)

  • Government admits no assessment took place before SMSF ban: 'No requirement' (Yahoo)

  • Housing won’t go back to ‘normal’ in a world on fire. Maybe that’s OK (AFR)

  • Eight Qld suburbs set to defy spring property slowdown (News)

  • Queensland slapped with post-Budget downgrade – will it impact mortgage rates? (MPAMag)

  • 'People are furious': RBA flags two more rate hikes (Domain)

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