{
  "id": 15825967,
  "title": "Nobody wants to build housing in falling market",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nobody-wants-to-build-housing-in-falling-market",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-21T00:00:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/nobody-wants-to-build-housing-in-falling-market/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two reports suggest Australia’s residential construction market is weakening significantly amid falling prices, rising interest rates, and the federal budget changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. Stockland, the country’s largest listed residential developer, reported its lowest level of housing inquiries in at least seven years. Higher interest rates, worsening affordability, rising…",
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  "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."
}