Where investors will hunt in the looming property downturn

You can't have a run of interest rate hikes and expect property to shoot out the lights. The chances are we are going to see a price slowdown in the major cities later this year…especially at the top end. But a string of factors point to serious resilience at the other end of the market. Independent housing analyst, Eliza Owen, joins Associate Editor, James Kirby in this episode In today's show, we cover: The key factors keeping demand strongest at the entry level How the 5% home deposit scheme skewed house prices A new CGT discount rate of 33% is now the most likely Budget change The problem with 'grandfathering'

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Where investors will hunt in the looming property downturn is an episode from The Australian’s Money Cafe by audio@news.com.au.

This episode is 22:11 long.

This episode was published on Apr 7, 2026.

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