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Australia’s property market is facing growing rate pressures as prices soften, listings rise and lending conditions weaken across parts of the country.
Yet investors are finding opportunities in strong rental markets, development sites and alternative strategies, while buyers are taking advantage of falling prices and turning to townhouses as houses remain out of reach.
With tax reforms, prolonged mortgage pain and a deepening rental squeeze adding uncertainty, the latest headlines point to a market where careful strategy is becoming increasingly important.
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Home Buyers Around the Country
Labor’s capital gains tax changes delay home deposits by up to 8 years, new modelling reveals (TheAustralian)
Flood of property listings triggers further price fall warnings across 56 major areas (REA)
Brisbane's $2m river divide: Why one side of the Brown Snake pays more (Domain)
Significant shift in Aussie property market as trend reverses: 'Strongest in a decade' (Yahoo)
Nearly half of all Aussies in share houses are 40 and up (News)
Selling homes online could be cheaper as REA signs ACCC deal (AFR)
Homeowners face prolonged mortgage pain as surging bond yields delay rate cuts until 2028 (REA)
Town houses bridge the gap as houses remain out of buyers’ reach (SPI)
Low deposit home lending hits record highs as 'cracks starting to appear' in mortgage market (Yahoo)
Buyers take advantage of falling prices even as rates threat grows (AFR)
House from The Block that last sold in 2024 resells for about $2m less (SMH)
The Sydney suburbs proving harbour views don’t always command the biggest prices (Domain)
Weakened lending sees fewer buyers in market (SPI)
New report lays bare public housing ‘failures’ in WA’s far north (ABC)
Investors
Markets prepare for a world where the RBA lifts rates three more times (AFR)
ATO data reveals where negative gearing reforms will hurt most (REA)
The surprise Aussie region where home sellers are pocketing $870k in profit (Domain)
Spring market: Auction results deliver fresh signals for investors (SPI)
Aussies stampede into New Zealand property eyeing better yield after CGT change: 'Salary replacement' (Yahoo)
Bathla's books show company was $736m out (ABC)
Granny flats open door to housing density in suburban Australia (AFR)
AFG prices $1.2 billion RMBS deal, its equal-largest ever (ABN)
Two Kaleen blocks, five-home approval and income already locked in (AllHomes)
Empty patch of grass sells for eye-watering $4 million (Domain)
Misleading market downturn hides investor opportunity (SPI)
ATO warning as investor cops $370,000 penalty in land banking crackdown (Yahoo)
Housing market ‘normalising’ as national resale profits drop (ABC)
History says these properties still work in a house price crash (AFR)
Rental squeeze deepens even as house prices dip for first time in years (ABN)
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