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Western Australia’s rental market has been pushed to breaking point, according to a new report.
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Property confidence slides as back-to-back rate hikes overtake supply fears (Business News Australia)
The Australian Property Institute's quarterly Property Market Outlook Index has fallen to 6.1 in the second quarter of 2026.
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A surprise suburb in Perth’s south is the most sought-after areas for house hunters in the entire state, new data has revealed.
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Recent falls in property values have been concentrated in the family home market, new figures show.
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Thousands of first-home buyers using government 5 per cent deposit schemes face a potential mortgage crisis.
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Australia's two biggest housing markets have both recorded downturns for the first time since the Covid pandemic.
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Any tax reform that slugs property investors could drive up rental prices, the peak body for brokers claims.
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Some experts swear by a property cycle lasting roughly 18 years — and if they’re right, a crash is imminent.
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Property sellers in Australia are facing another anxious week of auctions as the economic fallout from the Iran war continues to spook buyers.
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Australia could be heading back to the runaway inflation of the 1970s and 1980s if people lose faith in the Reserve Bank, a top central bank official says.
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Auction clearance rates for Sydney and Melbourne were unambiguously weak, suggesting that buyer demand has evaporated.
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"The things that need to transact, they are transacting at a discount."
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