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TASTasmania
Eric Abetz’s 2026–27 budget does not extend the stamp duty exemption that has saved first home buyers up to about $28,900. The First Home Owner Grant for new homes will be $20,000 from 1 July.
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WAWestern Australia
The 2026-27 State Budget delivered a $297 million housing tax package, raising first home buyer stamp duty thresholds by $100,000. REIWA welcomed the move but warned that few Perth homes now sell below the new limit.
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QLDQueensland
Tom Offermann Real Estate’s March 2026 market report confirms the settled price of the beachfront residence at 7/56 David Low Way, following its 2025 sale.
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TASTasmania
REIT’s review of late 2025 shows Hobart’s vacancy rate falling from 1.7 per cent to 1.4 per cent, with rental supply tightening across Tasmania’s three main regions.
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NSWNew South Wales
The Reserve Bank's first rate rise since 2023 arrived on 3 February 2026, only months after the 2025 easing cycle ended. Within weeks, Sydney home values had flattened and upper-quartile prices were slipping.
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SASouth Australia
Valuer-General data puts the metropolitan median at $925,000 for the December quarter 2025, after a year of further growth in recorded house sales.
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WAWestern Australia
REIWA’s annual settled-sales measure reached $850,000 for houses and $600,000 for units in December 2025, with units recording the faster annual increase.
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VICVictoria
REIV’s December quarter 2025 results show a fourth quarter of growth across major market segments, with Melbourne units and apartments rising 2.0 per cent to $656,500.
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NSWNew South Wales
Cotality’s year-end rental index shows Sydney house rents up 4.9 per cent annually and unit rents up 6.0 per cent.
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ACTAustralian Capital Territory
Cotality’s year-end index shows a positive year for Canberra housing, although values remained below their May 2022 peak.
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TASTasmania
After two late-night sittings, Tasmania’s upper house approved the $1.13 billion roofed stadium by nine votes to five. Agents expect the project to lift interest in Hobart property, but cost and population headwinds remain.
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QLDQueensland
The REIQ's September quarter 2025 report found 38 of 50 Queensland regions with vacancy rates of 1 per cent or less, as tenants renewed leases rather than risk the search for somewhere new.
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