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Bottom of house-price slide, rent peak ‘fair way off’
Renters and homeowners are likely to be in pain for some time yet as a fight picks up over whether tenants should be protected by caps.
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Warning house prices will keep sliding for another year
The property market will likely keep slumping for almost a year but there could be a dim light at the end of the tunnel.
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Middle East or money-wasters: inflation mud-fight grows
Labor and the coalition are duelling over why Australians now must fork out more on their mortgages every month.
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More price falls on cards as rates squeeze buyers
While not yet in uncharted territory, Australia’s housing market is in for a hiding from higher interest rates, lower borrowing capacity and tax changes.
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Why mortgage holders’ monthly payments are going up
Interest rates were raised to a nearly 15-year high by the Reserve Bank, spelling more pain for mortgage holders.
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Debt concerns: treasurer’s era of cheap-money ending
Borrowing money is getting more expensive, but AI “hyper-scalers” competing for your cash are not necessarily to blame, according to economists.
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Budget figures put some pep in the treasurer’s step
The budget is $6 billion stronger than the government forecast in May, as mortgage holders brace for a big call from the Reserve Bank.
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Labor reveals budget improvement as rate hike looms
Australia’s deficit for the past financial year will be smaller than expected, but rising interest rates and stubborn inflation give little cause to celebrate.
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Inflation gloom prevails despite budget bright spot
Australia’s deficit for the past financial year will be smaller than expected, but rising interest rates and stubborn inflation give little cause to celebrate.
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Broad support for buying homes with super, poll shows
Most Australians want to be able to siphon from their superannuation before retirement to purchase homes as the coalition teeters on the issue.
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A glimpse of what Australia will look like in 2066
Global conflict, a rapidly ageing population, the energy transition and AI will likely define Australia’s next 40 years, Treasury says.
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Nothing Trump-like about new immigration policy
Minister says ‘this is not the sort of operation that some people have seen on TV happening in other countries’.
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Aussie men and women ranking as more equal than ever
Australia has broken into the top 10 gender-equal nations for the first time, but is slipping on some measures, a global report has found.
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‘Race to the bottom’: One Nation migration plan slammed
The anti-immigration party’s proposal to temporarily institute “net-negative” migration would cripple Australia’s ability to raise its citizens’ quality of life and build its way out of a housing crisis, the peak bodies say.
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Remedy needed for doctors’ homelessness
AMA president tells inquiry ‘couch-surfing isn’t a long-term recruitment and retention strategy’.
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‘Premiums rising at double inflation rate’
The cost of insurance is surging at nearly double the rate of inflation, Australia’s biggest insurer says, after its profit was hammered by a stormy year.
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Property giant optimistic dust will settle post-budget
The housing market is recalibrating in the wake of the federal budget as real estate website owner REA group finds more is being put up for sale than expected.
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Can housing supply meet migration demands?
Expert says ‘migration contributes to housing demand directly through population growth and indirectly through stronger economic growth’.
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Targets and tests firm up for migrants under budget
A push for fewer, more skilled migrants and a more robust migration system has been outlined in the 2026/27 federal budget.
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Stratospheric dreams of a new city coming back to earth
A premier has warned breathless developers to keep their heads out of the clouds as one of Australia’s biggest cities marches relentlessly into the bush.
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Build it and they will come is philosophy around Bradfield
Government is confident people will gravitate to the new town situated near the Western Sydney airport.