Property

Claiming a slowdown in property price growth would give more young people a chance at home ownership is insulting our collective intelligence.

Why Labor’s housing affordability promise is hollow

Treasurer Jim Chalmers shouldn’t be taken seriously when he claims Labor’s ‘really important reform’ on property taxes will help young people buy their first home.

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Despite being under financial stress, voters in One Nation-leaning areas were less likely to have overborrowed compared with affluent suburbs.

REVEALED: Untold story that links One Nation-leaning suburbs

Suburbs more likely to vote One Nation across the country have one major surprising factor in common during Australia’s housing downturn.

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Co-founder Bhart Bhushan has blamed a ‘perfect storm’ for the collapse.

Cash-strapped Australian builder on verge of collapse

Administrator Stephen Longley said 350 staff at the company’s head office face immediate dismissal if funding can’t be found to keep the business going, throwing into turmoil 219 housing and apartment projects.

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Australia is building enough homes to keep up with population. NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Australian house prices set to plunge amid housing peak

Australia has finally stopped falling behind on a major housing target — but one major bank is warning a price drop looms for two capital cities.

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Australia’s landlords will simply have to put up their rents if they can’t negatively gear their losses.

Why renters may be punished even if landlords aren’t greedy

STEPHEN JOHNSON: Tenants are set to pay a lot more for rent as Labor’s Budget tax changes discourage future property investment.

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The Australian Council of Trade Unions is pushing for rental leases to be extneded to at least two years.

Major rental change proposed for millions of Aussies

The move would reduce affordability and security problems for renters across the country.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has backed Treasury’s call that house prices will keep climbing over the next couple of years, even as the downturn deepens and major banks tip further falls.

Chalmers defends housing outlook as banks slash forecasts

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has backed Treasury’s call that house prices will keep climbing over the next couple of years, even as the downturn deepens and major banks tip further falls.

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Erin Miller, pictured with daughter Harper, hopes to be able to offer her children some healthy savings to spend on a house deposit.

The housing head start for kids before they can even walk

’I was strategic with the amount. I didn’t want it to be something that I noticed.’

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A Sydney homeowner has relisted his luxury waterfront townhouse with a dramatically reduced asking price.

Homeowner relists luxury townhouse with $2.8m price drop

This three-bedroom, two-bathroom property looks like a steal, but with ‘a little more emotional trauma’.

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A 15 per cent drop in home mortgage applications, driven by Budget changes to the tax system, portends further falls in property prices.

Investors are fleeing the property market. Blame Albanese

AARON PATRICK: Allowing new homes to be built is one thing. Changing the tax rules and pushing down prices is another. Mr Albanese is changing the country. Investors are being forced to adapt.

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Plan to rent out your home when you buy a new place? There’s one capital gains tax problem to consider, especially considering Perth’s still red-hot property market.

Renting out your home? Here’s one CGT problem to consider

Q+A: Plan to rent out your home when you buy a new place? There’s one capital gains tax problem to consider, especially considering Perth’s still red-hot property market.

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The negative vibes have hit in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

House prices fall in these Aussie cities as decline spreads

House prices are now falling in two Australian cities, with the first monthly decline in three years hitting some of the nation’s strongest performing markets.

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Finder research found 37 per cent of borrowers, or 1.2 million people, had never tried to negotiate their mortgage rate and just 10 per cent had asked in the past three months.

The mortgage rate cut chance one million homeowners miss

A broker says borrowers should challenge their lender to avoid missing out on a mortgage rate cut.

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Why the housing market downturn could mean sizeable savings for existing borrowers.

How existing borrowers could cash-in on property downturn

The sudden decline in residential property sales across Australia means that lenders are scrambling to generate new mortgage business.

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Self-managed super funds are scrambling to buy an investment property before a deadline passes in just five weeks’ time — bucking the trend of prospective landlords shunning bricks and mortar.

One class of property investors bucking the market downturn

Australians are scrambling to buy an investment property in a certain way before the law changes in a matter of weeks.

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Housing prices falling in Melbourne and Sydney The Nightly

Australian homeowners brace for pain as prices set to plunge

Anthony Albanese, who co-owns a beachside investment property, is celebrating the biggest drop in home prices since 2022.

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Couples divorcing may lose the grandfathering of negative gearing and CGT on property owned jointly.

Why divorcing couples are still in limbo despite Labor vow

Independent Senator David Pocock is warning divorcing couples could still lose the right to negatively gear an investment property until Labor clarifies its amendments.

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The richest post codes are facing the biggest real estate price drops.

REVEALED: Ritzy Sydney suburbs see huge housing price drops

Prestige suburbs near the beach or the city have seen house price falls approaching 10 per cent in just three months.

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