{
  "id": 1401091,
  "title": "Specufestors flee Aussie property",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/specufestors-flee-aussie-property",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T02:30:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/08/specufestors-flee-new-property/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The ABS released housing finance commitments on Friday, and the standout number was the flight of investors with a quarterly crash of 10.2%. The total Q2 drop was -5.4%, with owner-occupiers offsetting it somewhat at -1.9%. This is not an unusual magnitude of drop for a housing downcycle. Once we bottom out, I’d expect the The post Specufestors flee Aussie property appeared first on MacroBusiness…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}