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Australia’s property market is under growing pressure, with investor confidence slipping, home-building warnings mounting and proposed tax reforms reshaping investment strategies.
While some investors are adapting through smarter valuations, property improvements and emerging opportunities ahead of Brisbane 2032, buyers are facing tighter lending conditions, rising costs and growing risks of negative equity.
With housing supply under threat and affordability challenges deepening, this week’s headlines reveal a market where policy changes and financial pressures are reshaping the path to property ownership and investment.
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Home Buyers Around the Country
Why Melbourne buyers are turning back to one-bedroom apartments (REA)
In one move, another 30,000 are locked out of the great Australian dream (Domain)
Reserve prices go public: What Victoria’s new rules mean for you (SPI)
‘Sensational time to buy in Point Piper’ as $60m home joins listings (AFR)
190,000 to be forced on Aussie public housing waitlist (News)
Mortgage demand falls for fifth straight month ahead of RBA decision (ABN)
Coalition split on super for mortgages policy (MPAMag)
First-home buyers face risk of owing bank more than homes are worth (REA)
Rising costs and rate hikes set to crush Australia’s new home supply (Domain)
Has the RBA already wiped out the home ownership gains from tax changes? (ABC)
Home buyer hopefuls tap low-deposit loans as times get tighter (AFR)
75% of Australian buyers willing to cut spending for a home (ABN)
Could six storeys be the sweet spot for Australia's housing future? (AllHomes)
Investors
UNSW study reveals Labor property tax reforms hit retirees but miss half of investors (REA)
The property valuation that could save investors thousands under the new CGT rules (Domain)
Investors becoming more savvy amid tough market conditions (SPI)
Landlords eye relief in Aussie state over potential change to land tax rules: 'Could be massive' (Yahoo)
NSW property confidence falls for fourth straight quarter to 84 (ABN)
The housing slide could become a crash (FirstLinks)
SMEs shifting into survival mode, but their mettle shines through (MPAMag)
Lenders pull out of Bathla group as construction work halts across sites (ABC)
How this building trick can increase your property’s value (REA)
Budget post-mortem: Tax reforms reshape investor opportunity (SPI)
Home building about ‘to fall off a cliff’, Mirvac warns (AFR)
Trust tax changes threaten one in four property projects (ABN)
Olympic boom: What Brisbane 2032 means for investors (AllHomes)
Property Stat of the Week
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