{
  "id": 16198259,
  "title": "Victorians can now see a home’s reserve price before auction. What does this mean for buyers and sellers?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/victorians-can-now-see-a-homes-reserve-price-before-auction-what-does",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T14:00:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/24/victoria-property-sale-laws-published-reserve-prices-auction"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "State’s new transparency laws aim to make property sales fairer in what could be a test case for the rest of the country Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Within days of Victoria requiring sellers to reveal their reserve prices before an auction, property agents started testing workarounds. Market participants say there is already a pivot toward open-ended expressions…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}