Cameron Kusher

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379 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Sep

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The Money Puzzle · Why property bargain hunters can hang tight... this downturn is only starting · 8 Sep 2026 podcast

I think the other thing that was supporting that lower end of the market was investors, because investors and first-home buyers historically compete for that similar kind of stock.

Now that there's fewer investors, that that's we have started to see some prices decline at that lower end of the market.

And I think we'll continue to see that because I think as the market continues to go.

Will start thinking to themselves, why would I jump into the market now?

Because if I wait a few months, I'll be able to buy this property cheaper.

Equally, investors are sitting on the sideline, so you don't have as much demand from that segment of the market.

The other thing is the the top end of the market has been really weak, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually ends up being a little bit stronger, say in 12 months' time.

And that's mainly because high end

Housing or higher priced housing is tax-free.

You buy it, yes, you pay stamp duty when you purchase a property.

But if if you hold that property, if you make a renovation to that property, if you hold it and see prices grow, you sell that and there's no capital gains tax.

So I wonder if the changes to the capital gains tax and the negative gearing benefits actually see more people pouring money into their principal place of residence.

Yeah.

Rather than an investment property.

Exactly.

Are they less interest rate sensitive too at the top end?

They certainly are.

I mean, the top end is probably cheaper than a lot of your listeners would think.

So the top end of the market is sort of one and a half million and above.

Anecdotally, talking to a lot of people, you know, the the really top end of the market is largely unaffected.

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