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w/c 24 August 2026
Wage growth slows to 3.2%. Employment falls.
Queensland wages ran at 3.4% while the jobless rate hit 4.5%. Plus a 6,050sqm Maroochydore site, and what buyers say about data centres.
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Past issues
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w/c 17 August 2026
RBA holds with a tightening bias. Investor loans slide.
Queensland investor lending fell 10.1% last quarter. Plus what CBA's arrears say, and 30 storeys proposed for Maroochydore.
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w/c 10 August 2026
Statewide housing code starts Friday. Coast approvals flat.
What the Queensland Housing Code changes for houses and secondary dwellings, and why the Sunshine Coast approved just 23 more homes than last year.
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w/c 3 August 2026
Brisbane values turn. QLD approvals jump 33.4%.
Values down, approvals up, build costs at their fastest annual pace since early 2023. Three prints in three days, all pulling different ways.
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w/c 27 July 2026
Special Edition: how modular gets financed now
The payment curve, the lender that moved, the UK's expensive lesson, and a playbook for using factory speed on your next project.
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w/c 27 July 2026
$50.9m lands on the Coast for 3,700 homes
Palmview gets a Mooloolah River crossing and Maroochydore new stormwater, as the state's doubled Round 2 pool reaches the coast.
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w/c 20 July 2026
12,000 homes declared south of Caloundra
Queensland's fourth PDA in two years lands south of Caloundra, and $155 million goes to the Darling Downs.
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w/c 13 July 2026
SEQ growth-plan feedback closes Thursday. Quiet data week.
The SEQ Regional Plan review's first feedback window closes 17 July. No new data lands until August. And the APRA cap has more room than it looks.
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w/c 6 July 2026
QLD approvals fall 8.8%. National values turn down.
Queensland approvals fell 8.8% in May, ending its run above the national trend. National home values fell 0.4% in June; Brisbane held at +0.3%.
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w/c 29 June 2026
Core inflation ticks up. Auctions at a 2020 low.
Trimmed mean inflation rose to 3.6% in May as headline eased to 4.0%, keeping August live. Auction clearance fell below 50%, a first since 2020.
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w/c 22 June 2026
RBA pauses at 4.35%. Brisbane fast-tracks 5,000 homes.
First rate hold of the year, but a hike stays on the table. A new EDQ priority area fast-tracks 5,000 homes across Brisbane and Logan.
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w/c 22 June 2026
The cost shock that missed. RBA holds at 4.35%.
RLB says the Middle East cost shock added just 1.5 to 3.5%, and now sees construction shrinking in 2026. Plus Stockwell's 12-tower Kurilpa plan.
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w/c 8 June 2026
National market flatlines; Brisbane holds at +0.9%
Sydney and Melbourne fell in May, SEQ held firm. April approvals down 3.4% as Queensland edged up. RBA decides 16 June. North Quay: 1,100 dwellings.
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w/c 1 June 2026
Canberra's $47B housing reset tilts to new builds
Negative gearing limited to new builds from July 2027; CGT discount swapped for indexation; foreign-buyer ban extended. The cost stack widens again.
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w/c 25 May 2026
Brisbane height uplifts go to council. $2.4B housing deal.
Carindale 30, Indooroopilly 25, Nundah 15 — consultation closed Monday. Commonwealth + QLD: $2.4B unlocks Waraba, Southern Thornlands.
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