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  "id": 328948,
  "title": "Can Australia make housing affordable while avoiding a major market crash? We may soon find out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/can-australia-make-housing-affordable-while-avoiding-a-major-market-328948",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-06T15:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/07/housing-property-prices-affordability-australia-avoid-major-market-crash"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Politicians’ fever dreams of ‘sustainable price increases’ – where values keep rising but by less than wages – could happen Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Reserve Bank has hiked interest rates and the property market is in retreat. So far, so normal. Or is it? Continue reading...",
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        "title": "Can Australia make housing affordable while avoiding a major market crash? We may soon find out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/can-australia-make-housing-affordable-while-avoiding-a-major-market",
        "published": "2026-08-06T15:00:02.000Z"
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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."
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