[2026-05-01 13:02 UTC+10:00] [Australian budget 2026] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Tax breaks for investors are likely to be scaled back in Albanese’s May budget. But will it make housing cheaper?

Snippet: The top 10% of Australia’s earners get 90% of the benefit of the CGT, while young Australians are struggling to get into the housing market

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/01/labor-budget-housing-crisis-capital-gains-tax-negative-gearing

[2026-05-01 13:02 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Allegations behind raid at apartment of Palaszczuk’s partner revealed

Snippet: Officers who raided the apartment of Annastacia Palaszczuk’s partner on the Gold Coast are investigating a claim of sexual assault.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/allegations-behind-raid-at-apartment-of-palaszczuk-s-partner-revealed-20260501-p5zswo.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-01 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Green shoots’ appear in China property as banks turn bullish after 5-year bear market

Snippet: The first 18 days of April saw primary home sale volumes across 30 key cities rise 3 per cent year on year: Bank of America data

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3352045/green-shoots-appear-china-property-banks-turn-bullish-after-5-year-bear-market?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-01 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Green shoots’ appear in China property as banks turn bullish after 5-year bear market

Snippet: The first 18 days of April saw primary home sale volumes across 30 key cities rise 3 per cent year on year: Bank of America data

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3352045/green-shoots-appear-china-property-banks-turn-bullish-after-5-year-bear-market

[2026-05-01 12:43 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: US elections suspended so government can redraw the district lines

Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/world/louisiana-election-suspended-redraw-districts-white-black-supreme-court-voting-rights-act/ce7d3f84-3277-4be5-8613-53ed911cccf8

[2026-05-01 12:22 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Contagious disease not seen in Australia for over 50 years detected in wastewater

Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/national/poliovirus-detected-in-waste-water-perth/ea171b6b-9a3f-43c8-a931-6971eccabd05

[2026-05-01 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: ABC News

Title: Australian screen industry as 'intergenerational' as housing

Snippet: Topic:Television Industry

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/screen-forever-40-gold-coast-industry/106629446

[2026-05-01 11:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Devastated mom of teen fatally stabbed in NYC attack demands justice for her son

Snippet: The devastated mom of the 17-year-old fatally stabbed outside a Bronx apartment building wants justice for her son – who she says was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was savagely killed.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/30/us-news/devastated-mom-of-teen-fatally-stabbed-in-nyc-attack-demands-justice-for-her-son/

[2026-05-01 11:07 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Rego slashed by $186 for drivers in one state

Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/national/victorian-car-registration-rebate-how-will-it-work-everything-to-know-explain/086d756a-6996-41af-9bc8-fde5f0879466

[2026-05-01 10:04 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Surveillance footage shows gunman charging through officers

Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/world/white-house-correspondents-dinner-gunman-surveillance-footage/59bbd458-8843-4fe5-bad7-d5beff541d46

[2026-05-01 08:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Police raid apartment owned by Annastacia Palaszczuk's partner

Snippet: Police have raided a luxury Gold Coast apartment owned by Dr Vahid Reza Adib. (AAP: Jono Searle)

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/vahid-reza-adib-partner-of-palaszczuk-apartment-raided/106628950

[2026-05-01 07:32 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Australia news live: housing market slows but rents surge; Penny Wong hails South Korea energy pact

Snippet: Advertised prices for new rental listings rising at fastest pace since October 2024. Follow updates

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/01/alice-springs-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-gaza-flotilla-politics-updates-ntwnfb

[2026-05-01 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Faith in Housing bill clears path for church-based affordable housing

Snippet: Central United Methodist Church and Unity Homes building is seen in Ballston, Va., on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Scott Brodbeck/ARLnow via AP)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/churches-affordable-housing-virginia-496d9250793870f5b7c435f6205e333f

[2026-05-01 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Melbourne and Sydney record largest house price falls across the country

Snippet: Topic:Construction and Real Estate Industry

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/house-prices-slow-in-growth-across-country-new-data/106624082

[2026-05-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Housing isn’t just a young people problem. We know how this story ends

Snippet: You have reached your maximum number of saved items.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/business/the-economy/housing-isn-t-just-a-young-people-problem-we-know-how-this-story-ends-20260430-p5zsiq.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Skipping Girl building’s Little Audrey lights up property market. Her price: $20m

Snippet: The iconic Skipping Girl neon sign in Abbotsford sat down, glued to her phone, last month, part of a health campaign funded by the dairy industry to highlight the dangers of our obsession with technology.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/skipping-girl-building-s-little-audrey-lights-up-property-market-her-price-20m-20260430-p5zslz.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-01 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Aging Hawaiʻi: 60,000 More Housing Units Needed By 2050

Snippet: Hawaiʻi will need nearly 60,000 additional housing units by 2050 to meet future demand driven largely by an aging population and to prevent younger residents from getting squeezed out of the housing market.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-housing-future-demand-shortage-f5295b51aec28eb495c88b65d51f4569

[2026-05-01 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Sternlicht's Starwood Real Estate Fund Gates Redemptions

Snippet: Earlier this month, when much of the attention was largely focused on private credit, we warned that one of the old, familiar credit market time-bombs, commercial real estate which for many years had been penned as the "Next Big Short", was deteriorating rapidly: according to the latest TREPP CMBS monthly report, March saw a surge in the CMBS delinquency rate, which jumped by 41bps to 7.55%, the highest in years, led by a surge in the lodging rate, a category

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/sternlichts-starwood-real-estate-fund-gates-redemptions

[2026-05-01 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Michael West Media

Title: Housing downturn in big two capitals gathers steam

Snippet: May 1, 2026 03:30 | News

Read full article: https://michaelwest.com.au/housing-downturn-in-big-two-capitals-gathers-steam/

[2026-05-01 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Average US long-term mortgage rate rises to 6.3%, ending a 3-week slide

Snippet: A for sale sign is posted outside a home, Feb. 10, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/mortgage-rates-housing-inflation-cde199ffc4cd787eb1de775ca0450f7e

[2026-05-01 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles In America

Snippet: Authored by Wolf Richter via Wolf Street,

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/most-splendid-housing-bubbles-america

[2026-05-01 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Thousands wiped from Sydney and Melbourne house values as rates and oil start to bite

Snippet: The nation’s property market was slowing even before the Reserve Bank’s second interest rate rise started hitting home buyers, new figures show, with thousands of dollars wiped from the value of houses in Sydney and Melbourne.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/thousands-wiped-from-sydney-and-melbourne-house-values-as-rates-and-oil-start-to-bite-20260430-p5zsnd.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]

Source: AP News

Title: Tips for money management if you want to buy a home

Snippet: (AP Illustration / Eva Malek)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/money-happens-personal-finance-housing-07bb8c160c5fbdebbec4ba454a2dbb8e

[2026-04-30 22:35 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong property] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Hong Kong homebuyers flock to new launches as flats sell out swiftly

Snippet: All 120 units at One Victoria Cove I sold out by late afternoon, while Pavilia Farm III sold 19 of 45 units by 6.50pm

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3352063/hong-kong-homebuyers-flock-new-launches-flats-sell-out-swiftly

[2026-04-30 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: Dubai’s updated property visa rules to spur demand and attract overseas buyers | The National

Snippet: Dubai's latest updates to the property requirements for those seeking a two-year residency visa could spur demand and attract first-time buyers and investors to the affordable housing segment, analysts have said.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/property/2026/04/30/dubais-updated-property-visa-rules-to-spur-demand-and-attract-overseas-buyers/

[2026-04-30 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Americans are overcharged $150B per year for insurance, analysis finds

Snippet: Storm clouds form over a public park as thunderstorms approaches the region, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Plano, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/insurance-regulations-housing-costs-trump-affordability-0b70d9a4131a0772f2771b155400cd5a

[2026-04-30 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: 'Horrendous' stress for couple forced to pay monthly mortgage twice after law firm collapse

Snippet: A couple who ended up paying their monthly mortgage twice, after the law firm they used to remortgage went bust, have described the stress as "horrendous".

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j2l680ek0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-04-30 18:16 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Police search unit owned by partner of ex-premier Annastacia Palaszczuk

Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/national/dr-reza-adib-police-search-unit-owned-by-prominent-surgeon-partner-of-annastacia-palaszczuk/bfe9c48b-2f27-4d7b-aa12-afcbe177f567

[2026-04-30 17:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Note found after deadly Uiwang apartment fire prompts arson probe

Snippet: Police are investigating whether a deadly apartment fire in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, was deliberately set after a note believed to have been written by one of the deceased residents was found at the scene.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10729561

[2026-04-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: This Netflix reboot of a Denzel Washington thriller ticks plenty of boxes, but they’re not great ones

Snippet: Does being deemed “adequate” make a show a success nowadays? Sometimes it seems like that’s all a streaming series aspires to. Setting a low bar, whether through expediency or lack of self-belief, is a worrying trend, and that’s definitely the case with this action-thriller. Liberally rebooting a property that was previously a 2004 Denzel Washington movie, these seven episodes about a broken soldier rediscovering his spirit and killing instincts too often do barely enough.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/this-netflix-reboot-of-a-denzel-washington-thriller-ticks-plenty-of-boxes-but-they-re-not-great-ones-20260430-p5zsjn.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-04-30 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Chalmers does little to quell CGT debate as budget looms

Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been out managing expectations ahead of the budget. (ABC News: Callum Flinn)

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/jim-chalmers-podcast-budget-capital-gains-tax-tim-wilson-housing/106612410

[2026-04-30 16:19 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Likely changes to property tax breaks could fall flat: major bank

Snippet: Commonwealth Bank has forecast the impact of potential changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing could fall flat for prospective home buyers, with only a "modest" decrease to house prices.In a pre-federal budget analysis, economists from the big four bank, Luke Yeaman and Harry Ottley, said reforming the property tax benefits would only have a modest impact on lowering house prices and increasing productivity.It estimates house prices could fall by 1.4 per cent with changes to

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-budget-2026-capital-gains-tax-and-negative-gearing-commonwealth-bank-forecast/8c3c5ce4-c8be-4908-a65f-33552fbf3afe

[2026-04-30 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: 'Worst possible outcome': NT Police speak after five-year-old girl found dead

Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/worst-possible-outcome-nt-police-speak-after-five-year-old-girl-found-dead-20260430-p5zso2.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-04-30 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Berlin And Hamburg Spend At Least €4 Billion On Housing Asylum Seekers Since 2022

Snippet: Two German cities, Berlin and Hamburg, have spent at least €4 billion to house migrants since 2022, with the cost of hotels proving to be especially high.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/berlin-and-hamburg-spend-least-eu4-billion-housing-asylum-seekers-2022

[2026-04-30 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: (LEAD) 2 killed, 6 injured in apartment fire in Uiwang

Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with latest details; CHANGES headline, photo)

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260430005751315

[2026-04-30 15:05 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: 'Worst possible outcome': NT Police speak after Sharon Granites found dead

Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/worst-possible-outcome-nt-police-speak-after-sharon-granites-found-dead-20260430-p5zso2.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-04-30 15:00 UTC+10:00] [London] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Labour is facing wipeout in its final stronghold. Why? It’s housing, housing, housing | Aditya Chakrabortty

Snippet: In the 1980s, Labour-controlled London built 52,000 council homes. During the Tony Blair decade, just 280. It’s brought this local-election catastrophe on itself

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/labour-wipeout-local-elections-london-housing

[2026-04-30 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: North Texas man who says he wasn't the shooter facing execution for 2008 fatal robbery

Snippet: The main entrance of the building housing the execution chamber at the Huntsville Unit of the Texas State Penitentiary is seen, Oct. 17, 2024, in Huntsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/texas-execution-james-broadnax-1427b794e520889aa69db36018be1ae0

[2026-04-30 13:47 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Christchurch shooter to remain behind bars for life

Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/world/new-zealand-court-rejects-appeal-by-mosque-gunman-to-abandon-his-guilty-pleas/23a50822-486b-455f-8d2b-0711bba3bec2

[2026-04-30 13:15 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Latham ordered to pay $100k for offensive tweet to MP

Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/national/latham-ordered-to-pay-100k-for-offensive-tweet-to-mp/26e24e59-13da-4e4d-bf2d-24143d8e2350

[2026-04-30 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: 1 killed, 2 injured in apartment fire in Uiwang

Snippet: UIWANG, South Korea, April 30 (Yonhap) -- A fire broke out at an apartment in Uiwang, just south of Seoul, on Thursday, killing one person and injuring two others, officials said.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260430005700315

[2026-04-30 12:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Resident dies after falling during evacuation from apartment fire

Snippet: A resident died after falling while evacuating a fire at a 20-story apartment building in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday, fire authorities said.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10729299

[2026-04-30 12:35 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: For the first time in history, England no longer supplies the most new Australians

Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/national/england-is-no-longer-australias-top-overseas-country-of-birth/0ff1cc9e-3f9f-4d6a-8dd3-1344379a98d3

[2026-04-30 11:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Italy recovers 337 looted antiquities from United States

Snippet: ROME (Reuters) -- The United States has handed back 337 antiquities looted from Italy in one of the largest recent returns of stolen cultural property, officials said on Wednesday, highlighting deepened cooperation between Rome and Washington.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10729141

[2026-04-30 11:38 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: How death threat charge could put Trump and his allies in hot water

Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/world/james-comey-86-47-death-threat-jack-posobiec-usa-donald-trump-news/ab77b1f6-539a-4461-9c1b-3b02ff4ccf82

[2026-04-30 11:25 UTC+10:00] [Jim Chalmers] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Existing property investors likely to avoid more tax under possible CGT changes in Chalmers’ May budget

Snippet: Treasurer tells Commonwealth Bank podcast that he aims to ‘recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past’

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/30/federal-budget-cgt-capital-gains-tax-existing-property-investors

[2026-04-30 10:40 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Woolworths sales up but supermarket cuts profit forecast amid petrol price spike

Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/national/woolworths-sales-surge-but-supermarket-cuts-profit-forecast-amid-petrol-price-spike/25897cbf-1227-400b-95d4-1e3f034394d8

[2026-04-30 10:35 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Age

Title: WA renters paint grim picture as affordability ‘collapses’ across the state

Snippet: West Australian renters need a household income of nearly $130,000 a year to keep up with median rents and avoid housing stress, a new report has revealed.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-renters-paint-grim-picture-as-affordability-collapses-across-the-state-20260430-p5zsgr.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-04-30 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Families going into debt just to survive as rental cost continues to surge

Snippet: Brett Henderson-Kileeg and his mother say they're going into debt just to survive. (ABC News: Cason Ho)

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/rent-price-up-wa-median-affordable-housing/106618050

[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]

Source: SBS News

Title: Chalmers has signalled a negative gearing shake-up ahead of the budget. Here's what might change

Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has spoken of the need to address "intergeneration fairness" in the upcoming federal budget. Source: AAP / Darren England

Read full article: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/chalmers-signals-housing-tax-shake-up-ahead-of-budget-heres-what-might-change/rgzfmgvbk