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Buyer blow as rising rates offset dip in home prices

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.

RBA keeps rates on hold but leaves door open to hikes

RBA keeps rates on hold but leaves door open to hikes

RBA keeps rates on hold but leaves door open to hikes

RBA keeps rates on hold but leaves door open to hikes

Economists are split on whether the Reserve Bank's latest cash rate decision heralds the end of the hiking cycle or merely a pause before the next move upwards.

Builders hopeful pricey degrees boost tradie numbers

Builders hopeful pricey degrees boost tradie numbers

Builders hopeful pricey degrees boost tradie numbers

Builders hopeful pricey degrees boost tradie numbers

Less bang for students' buck at universities could funnel more school leavers into trades and help alleviate critical shortages, an inquiry has been told.

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Reserve Bank meets with rates tipped to stay on hold

Reserve Bank meets with rates tipped to stay on hold

Borrowers can finally expect relief from quickfire interest rate rises with the Reserve Bank poised to maintain the status quo for the first time in 2026.

Fresh warnings migration cuts could make housing worse

Fresh warnings migration cuts could make housing worse

Migration levels need to be tailored for housing levels, but dramatic decreases will make the situation worse, the federal government says.

Get back on the tools and fix housing, government urged

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.

Tax changes spark house listings boom but fewer rentals

Tax changes spark house listings boom but fewer rentals

A split is opening in the housing market, with more homes for sale as owners react to controversial tax changes but fewer becoming available to rent.

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CGT share changes will ease home prices, treasurer says

CGT share changes will ease home prices, treasurer says

CGT share changes will ease home prices, treasurer says

CGT share changes will ease home prices, treasurer says

The treasurer has warned leaving a 50 per cent capital gains tax discount for shares could perversely funnel more investor money into existing housing.

Nation-first stamp duty cut gains federal endorsement

Nation-first stamp duty cut gains federal endorsement

Nation-first stamp duty cut gains federal endorsement

Nation-first stamp duty cut gains federal endorsement

The ACT has abolished stamp duty for first home buyers, prompting calls for other states and territories to follow suit.

Higher debt, cheaper homes as territory axes stamp duty

Higher debt, cheaper homes as territory axes stamp duty

Higher debt, cheaper homes as territory axes stamp duty

Higher debt, cheaper homes as territory axes stamp duty

Stamp duty will be abolished for ACT first home buyers in an Australian first, despite the territory budget set to surpass $12 billion in debt.

Cooling house market offers hope to first-time buyers

Cooling house market offers hope to first-time buyers

Cooling house market offers hope to first-time buyers

Cooling house market offers hope to first-time buyers

Auction clearance rates have hit a five-year low, and the percentages are the lowest Australia has had in five years.

'Trainwreck': One Nation forced to clarify housing plan

'Trainwreck': One Nation forced to clarify housing plan

'Trainwreck': One Nation forced to clarify housing plan

'Trainwreck': One Nation forced to clarify housing plan

One Nation's most prominent figures have scrambled to clarify details of the party's housing policy after a senator stumbled through a "trainwreck" interview.

Officials bank on economic slump helping tame inflation

Officials bank on economic slump helping tame inflation

Officials bank on economic slump helping tame inflation

Officials bank on economic slump helping tame inflation

Australia is not experiencing stagflation but higher interest rates will help cool the economy and inflation, the nation's top bank official says.

Liberals mull Greens alliance to kill off tax changes

Liberals mull Greens alliance to kill off tax changes

Liberals mull Greens alliance to kill off tax changes

Liberals mull Greens alliance to kill off tax changes

An unlikely political alliance could put the government's contentious changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount in jeopardy.

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House shortage prompts premier to think inside the box

A state premier has proposed new laws with the goal of making building and financing modular homes easier.

Interest rate impact hits housing approval levels

The number of new homes being approved fell once again during April, and the Reserve Bank is being blamed for the downturn.

Home price falls may signal end of housing super cycle

Rising interest rates, poor affordability, budget tax changes and a political shift towards lower migration could spell the end of a 30-year housing upswing.

State budget to help unlock doors for first home buyers

One state government has pledged to build hundreds of new homes for first home buyers only, with the first allotments already ready for sale.

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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.

'Vested interests' protest against housing tax changes

The property industry is challenging the government's modelling on the impact the federal budget will have on renters and housing supply.

'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.

Treasurer hoses down calls to carve up his tax revamp

Business groups are urging the federal government to have a major rethink over its capital gains tax measures but Jim Chalmers is remaining steadfast.

Budget measures could cut house prices by 10 per cent

Changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions could cause the biggest housing downturn in 40 years, in a boost for first home buyers.

Why ditching car park rules could make homes cheaper

More than $1 billion is being wasted on building parking spaces that aren't used as part of new housing, a study has found.

Mixed results from first post-budget auction weekend

The treasurer and prime minister are doing a sales job on government attempts to boost housing supply as property investors chew budget changes to tax breaks.

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