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Australia’s property market is facing its toughest test in years.
Clearance rates are falling, auction withdrawals are rising, and economists are openly discussing price declines.
Yet beneath the headlines, some suburbs are still delivering six-figure gains, apartments are outperforming houses in key markets, and savvy buyers are beginning to find opportunities.
This week’s stories explore what happens when a booming market starts to cool.
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Auction Clearance Rates
Home Buyers Around the Country
How worried should Sydney home owners be? Real estate agents weigh in (ABC)
Massive equity divide splits major Australian capitals (REA)
Australia’s most boring places to live revealed (Domain)
First home buyers must ditch ‘false dreams’ and face up to these trade-offs (Yahoo)
Intelligent Homes: how technology is rewriting the premium market (RayWhite)
Why some home owners are at risk of slipping into negative equity (ABC)
Asking prices drop as cooling market turns in buyers’ favour (AFR)
Shock as major banks cut interest rates (News)
ANZ and Macquarie break ranks — but is fixing still worth it? (ABN)
Rate hikes force Melbourne buyers into $382,000 property pivot (REA)
First Aussie neighbourhood built 'exclusively' for first-home buyers gets $50 million cash injection (Yahoo)
Homelessness service concerned by changing demographic in clients (ABC)
‘Wouldn’t do it again’: Expert’s tiny home warning (News)
Negative equity by Christmas: the buyers caught in CBA's price drop forecast (ABN)
Melbourne demolitions undermine housing affordability crisis fix (REA)
Residents say public housing works have blocked them from their own yards (ABC)
Investors
Victoria’s cheapest home sells for $79,000 as clearance rate plunges (REA)
The abandoned Aussie town set for a $10 billion payday (Domain)
Aussies face new reality as 30-year super cycle ends: 'The key question has shifted' (Yahoo)
Premium Sydney is falling first. Cheaper markets are likely to feel the deeper hit next (RayWhite)
Australia's economic slowdown is just beginning, experts warn (ABC)
Economists say property prices might fall 10pc. So what? (AFR)
Detail exposes sad look of Aus’ future (News)
Negative gearing reforms will push rents up, not housing supply — property fund chief (ABN)
Apartments outperform houses in 69 Brisbane suburbs (REA)
Auction withdrawals blow out in Australia’s two biggest housing markets (Domain)
Government pressed on granny flat rule as budget changes rushed through (Yahoo)
Buyer's agency Dashdot collapses leaves hundreds of clients out of pocket (ABC)
‘Someone is stealing my signs’: Brisbane estate agent claims foul play (AFR)
Asset-rich, cashflow-broke: your clients' hidden crisis (ABN)
SA apartment markets now beating houses in key measure (REA)
Suburbs that fell by up to $62,000 in just 90 days (Domain)
Australians have become housing hostages. Will the budget set them free? (ABC)
Housing minister’s $375,000 capital gain (AFR)
The markets still minting six-figure gains — despite three rate rises (ABN)
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