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Auction rates across Australia have slid for another week, with fewer than half of all properties going under the hammer in the last seven days actually selling.
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half → slide → days
Those looking to purchase property are increasingly hesitant due to battling on several fronts, including rising interest rates, more cautious lenders, dropping house values and the removal of capital gains tax benefits.
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Those → look → benefits
New data from Cotality showed Sydney auction clearance rate for this week was 48.2 per cent, with one real estate insider telling the AFR the market was 'extraordinarily weak'.
Melbourne's clearance rate was 54.8 per cent, while Brisbane was a concerning 25.2 per cent.
The national clearance rate was 48.4 per cent.
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rate → show → AFR
Earlier this month, the country had just recorded a house price slump the likes of which it has only ever seen twice.
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it → record → which
Weakened buyer confidence has driven house prices down across every capital city for the first time in 15 years and the second time ever, according to Domain's September Quarter 2026 House Price report.
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confidence → weaken → report
Australian house prices fell a record 4.7 per cent over the quarter with Perth recording the sharpest drop of 7.4 per cent, while Brisbane and Adelaide also logged their steepest house-price falls on record.
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Brisbane → fall → record
The auction clearance rate across Australia was less than 50 per cent this week
Median house prices in Sydney are at a two-year low after falling 4.7 per cent in the September quarter, to $1.66million, while Melbourne registered its largest quarterly fall in four years.
Housing Minister Clare O'Neill said the movement still reflected the cyclical nature of the nation's property market.
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movement → fall → market
'This is the third or fourth downturn in house prices that we've seen just in the last decade ...
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we → see → decade
it is unfair to report about house-price growth looking at this just in the last six months,' she told ABC Radio on Thursday.
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she → report → Thursday
'We do need to slow house-price growth around Australia, and if that is controversial to you, I'm happy to wear the controversy.
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I → need → controversy
Labor has copped some blame for the downturn over ending negative gearing and paring back the discount on capital gains tax in May's federal budget.
But because those changes don't enter force until July 2027, economists have largely attributed the falls to the Reserve Bank hiking the cash rate to its highest level in 15 years.
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Bank → cop → years
While a softer jobs figures for September lengthened the odds of a Melbourne Cup day rate rise, RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser on Wednesday maintained there were 'hard choices' ahead and reiterated the November meeting was live.
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meeting → lengthen → Wednesday
Higher inflation expectations were becoming embedded as the Middle East supply shock dragged on, which he described as 'a central banker's nightmare', he said.
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he → embed → nightmare
Investors and banks have become hesitant after Capital Gains Tax changes and a series of interest rates rises, with more likely on the way before January
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more → become → January
O'Neill said the government's tax changes would have enduring beneficial consequences to the housing market beyond the Reserve Bank's decision-making.
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changes → say → making
'The changes that we have made to the housing market are permanent changes that, for the first time at every auction around the country, put a first-home buyer on a level playing field with an investor,' she said.
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she → make → investor
Some, including Melbourne couple Jessica Ongarello and Callum McIntyre, have managed to take advantage of the tumbling market.
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Some → include → market
'We saw how depressed the market was and we're like, this is our opportunity to buy in the area that we want to live in,' Ms Ongarello said.
Ms Ongarello said her bank's lending calculation was revised after September's interest rate rise, which left her with a home loan offer $100,000 lower than the initial quote.
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which → see → quote
'We've missed out a couple of times now on being a successful bidder because of that,' she said.
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she → miss → that
House prices could continue to fall for many months to come, Domain chief residential economist Nicola Powell said.
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Powell → continue → months
'Something needs to shift to alter the confidence to transact, and I cannot envisage the confidence changing until we see an interest rate cut,' she said.
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she → need → cut
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