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Record auction volumes are colliding with softer buyer confidence, as parts of the market begin to cool after years of growth.

While regional sellers are still banking strong gains and Adelaide pushes ahead, Sydney clearance rates are slipping and Queensland’s boom shows signs of fatigue.

For buyers, rising rates, scams, and shifting demand trends are reshaping the path to purchase.

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Auction Clearance Rates

Home Buyers Around the Country

  • Skip the commute, keep the charm: Neighbourhood guide to O'Connor (Domain)

  • Fake brokers target borrowers in new loan scam alert (SPI)

  • How the oil crisis could influence Aussie homebuyers, owners (News)

  • Victoria, WA, ACT lead national home-building race (AFR)

  • Where you can live on the waterfront for less than $500,000 (REA)

  • Single-level homes in high demand as Baby Boomers drive 72% surge in searches (Domain)

  • Little respite for borrowers as sticky CPI keeps rate hike in play (ABN)

  • Rush to buy before rate rise pushes house $300k over guide (AFR)

  • The Sydney suburb offering laid-back coastal living – and it's not Coogee or Randwick (Domain)

  • Higher rates, costly builds: Westpac flags new test for borrowers (ABN)

  • Home price growth flattens as buyers diminish, sellers rush market (AFR)

  • Buy now, sell later: The high-stakes gamble facing Aussie homeowners (REA)

  • The ultra-cheap $70K home that comes with a catch (Domain)

  • Why WA wants downsizers in duplexes and is offering big savings to do it (REA)

  • Three quarters of Melbourne homes now selling below asking price, data reveals (News)

Investors

  • Record auction volumes set to sweep capitals as buyer nerves creep in (Domain)

  • The biggest losers: Areas where sellers have felt the most pain (SPI)

  • 24 suburbs where investors are after your home (News)

  • Melbourne homes rate long-term for investors, just not right now (AFR)

  • A whole new city is coming to Australia (Domain)

  • NSW strata managers face commission ban in transparency bid (SPI)

  • Qld’s housing boom could be over as affordability crisis ends five-year price surge (REA)

  • Investor lending surges in NSW and Victoria as Queensland cools (ABN)

  • Adelaide’s unstoppable property run revealed in new data (REA)

  • Evolving attraction: Why Glebe now attracts the downsizer generation (Domain)

  • Surge in profitability as 97% of regional resales record gains (SPI)

  • ‘Meet the market’: Sydney sellers warned as clearance rates drop (REA)

  • Not happening: Shock call for Australia in 2027 (News)

  • Rising house prices push household wealth to new highs (ABN)

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