Tim Lawless
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 8 Jul
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how it influences their decision-making.
It's been fast.
And I think the complexity in the market is very different to what we're used to seeing.
Like I said, there's a lot of headwinds at play at the moment.
But yeah, things are changing very quickly.
And I think the fact that there's been so much change
curiosity about the impact of the federal budget at a time when we're not really seeing firm evidence yet of how much investors have pulled back.
It just highlights how uncertain people are about changes in policy and how it's influencing the housing sector.
And the reason for that is we have the vast majority of households have their wealth in housing.
It's about 55% of Australian wealth is in the housing asset class.
And it's about 75% of our household debt is in housing as well.
So that's why we see so much fascination with housing trends.
Yeah, I think, Shibley, the amount of carve-outs and the backpedaling we've seen since the budget was handed down highlights this wasn't thought out well enough.
The decision makers didn't go through all the scenarios to think, well, what are the unintended consequences here?
I think for a federal budget, we should have seen a lot more strategic forethought going into it.
And it's going to be a gradual phenomenon.
FEAR & GREED | Business News · Q+A: Has Australia’s housing downturn finally arrived? · 1 Jun 2026
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Yeah, well, I think they've gone through the wall.
And I think the broad theme here is one of weakening, even in the mid-sized capitals.
where the market's just been racing along and we're still seeing housing values rising quite swiftly.
But even there, the monthly growth rate's about half of what they used to be back at the end of 2025.
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