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Property prices remain resilient, rental vacancies stay low and housing delivery continues to struggle to keep pace with demand. Here’s our mid-June market temperature check.
Over the past few days you may have seen headlines warning that the property market has slipped below a “key benchmark”.
For anyone planning their first development or actively looking for a site, headlines like that can trigger a familiar reaction: Did I miss the window? Is the market about to turn?
Take a breath.
One number moving slightly does not suddenly rewrite the fundamentals of Australia’s housing market. What it does do is give us a small clue about where the market may be heading next.
And interestingly, for thoughtful developers, it may not be bad news at all.
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