Dreams of home ownership feel closer for some as property prices cool across Australia’s capital cities

On a crisp winter Saturday morning, newlywed couple Ruban Parajuli and Arya Katel stand among more than 60 prospective buyers at a house auction in Sydney’s inner-west suburb of Glebe.

For the 25-year-olds, who have just begun house-hunting, attending their first auction is “a bit scary”.

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