As property values fall across Australia, would-be home buyers share hope and scepticism that the soft market might be their big chance
Australian renters had little reason for hope until a prolonged property price slump began offering something rare: a chance to escape.
When prices first began to ease in March, 26-year-old Canberra student George Lucas was sceptical. “They were talking about it falling and then it didn’t fall that much,” Lucas said. “That was the moment I was like, ‘oh, it’s all a bit ruined’.”
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