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  "id": 5571460,
  "title": "Housing affordability craters to record low despite fall in prices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/housing-affordability-craters-to-record-low-despite-fall-in-prices-5571460",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-04T14:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/housing-affordability-craters-to-record-low-despite-fall-in-prices-20260904-p60ugb.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Affordability has slumped to its lowest level on record, with falling house prices not enough to offset the financial hit delivered by three interest rate rises this year.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Housing affordability craters to record low despite fall in prices",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/housing-affordability-craters-to-record-low-despite-fall-in-prices",
        "published": "2026-09-04T14:01:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}