‘Doing what we want’: Labor stands by housing tax moves
Tax changes will help boost housing supply in the long run, even though a downturn is impacting new home sales, the housing minister says.
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Sellers flee auctions as housing downturn deepens
More than three in five homes listed for auction converted to private treaty in July, the highest rate since the 2022 downturn, property site Domain has found.
Rising sea levels threaten more than 267,000 properties
Rising seas and storm surges could cost Australia more than $855 billion, endangering homes, businesses, infrastructure and land.
Cold start to nation’s normally hot home sales season
The property market is yet to shake off its winter chill as capital cities reported fewer auctions in the first week of the normally busy spring sales season.
Property market to face ‘deeper correction’, bank warns
Property prices in major capitals are set to fall even further, one of the big four banks has cautioned, following a further downturn in the last month.
Median rental unaffordable for Australians on $130,000
The median rental costs more than half the pay of an average worker in every Australian capital city, a report by Everybody's Home has found.
Pioneering company returns with whodunnit dance theatre
Scorched Earth is a mix of dance, theatre, cinema and murder mystery - and it asks how far people will go to hold onto their land.
Early days but a door is opening for first home buyers
Rising interest rates were already softening mortgage demand from investors but Labor's tax changes in the federal budget deepened the dive.
‘Stop the madness’: Liberal eyes big tech, party policy
A Liberal frontbencher has called on his party to slash the construction code, cut migration, tax big tech more and freeze the NDIS to fix Australia's malaise.
Biggest bank bullish on home loans despite budget hit
Commonwealth Bank home loan applications plunged after controversial changes to negative gearing and capital gains taxes, but it's hopeful of a recovery.
Property listings giant defies house price slump
Shifting sands mean Australia's biggest property website can't afford to sit on its laurels even as it proclaims a better-than-expected year.
Home sellers still reap huge profits but cracks appear
A sharp decline in property prices has sparked fears of negative equity but less than three per cent of houses sold for a loss in the first half of 2026.
Investors returning after budget blow to housing breaks
The share of homes bought by investors compared to owner-occupiers is returning to levels seen prior to the federal budget.
Family affair: investor tax changes spawn new tactics
Prospective home buyers are rethinking the type of properties they want to purchase in response to changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax.
Real estate giants clash in court over marketing claims
Australia's two largest online real estate listing platforms are facing off in court after accusing each other of making misleading claims.
Housing costs crisis needs ‘decades’ of falling prices
Recent falling house prices have barely eroded an affordability gap that has built up over years of rising values, as experts warn much more time is needed.
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Freefall: home prices notch biggest drop in years
Australia's housing market is undergoing a broad-based downturn with interest rate rises and affordability pressures denting investor confidence.
City to take mantle of nation’s most expensive units
Most property markets in Australia will slip in value over the 2026/27 financial year, but there are some outliers in latest data.
Buyer blow as rising rates offset dip in home prices
Despite property prices falling, the annual income required to afford a median house has risen by thousands of dollars in Sydney and Melbourne since January.
Get back on the tools and fix housing, government urged
A Senate committee has been told Australia's long-running public housing crisis is actually worsening under current policy settings.
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Labor shrugs off claim tax shift will sink house prices
The government is selling controversial investment tax changes as an attempt to rebalance the playing field between young and old Australians.
‘Huge mistake’: how Howard spurred Boomer investors
The share of property investors older than 60 has more than doubled since the capital gains discount was introduced, Reserve Bank of Australia research shows.
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Middle ring could be ‘hollowed out’ by tax overhaul
Tax changes in the federal budget will likely shift property investors to new houses in the outer suburbs and inner-city apartments, economists say.
‘Decline’: housing downturn looms as rate hikes bite
Higher rates and affordability pressures are threatening to push the housing market into a decline, with prices in the two biggest cities already on the slide.
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Third RBA rate hike might not be the end for borrowers
Mortgage holders are back to square one after a third straight Reserve Bank rate hike, adding hundreds of dollars more to interest repayments since February.
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PM rubbishes budget tax speculation as home prices slow
Sydney's home price premium over Brisbane and Perth continues to narrow as values retreat in Australia's two largest cities.
First home buyer scheme leading to housing price rise
House prices for homes under thresholds for a five per cent deposit scheme are outstripping increases for all other homes.
Data reveals key to fixing housing affordability crisis
Two major cities are becoming more unaffordable faster than other capitals, as they build fewer homes relative to population growth than Sydney and Melbourne.
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Major capital home prices slip in two-speed market
Australia's housing market is diverging as the biggest capitals go backwards while growth accelerates in mid-tier cities.
Major cities flounder in ‘two-speed’ housing market
Home prices are flat-lining in Australia's biggest cities and surging elsewhere as new national data tells a tale of two housing markets.
Trump tower to target Australia’s ‘well-heeled’
The Trump organisation is believed to have signed a deal to construct one of its signature towers in Australia.