{
  "id": 3359861,
  "title": "5% deposit first home buyers thrown on the housing market fire",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/5-deposit-first-home-buyers-thrown-on-the-housing-market-fire",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T22:00:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/08/5-deposit-first-home-buyers-thrown-on-the-housing-market-fire/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When the Albanese government introduced its expanded 5% deposit scheme for first home buyers in October last year, the number of individuals and properties eligible for the scheme rose dramatically. The price caps for homes to be eligible for the scheme rose by as much as $600,000 compared with where they had been on September The post 5% deposit first home buyers thrown on the housing market…",
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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."
}