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Opportunity comes knocking for first home buyers

Those locked out of the property market will soon get their chance to gain a foothold throughout inner city Australia |WATCH

Millennials and beleaguered first home buyers: a reprieve is on the horizon. New data from Morgan Stanley suggests that one key sector of Australia’s property market is poised for a fall, and soon.

How that fall is managed, though, could present some significant challenge for investors. Watch the video.

Young people struggling to get into the housing market may soon find a new opening.
Young people struggling to get into the housing market may soon find a new opening.
James Kirby
James KirbyAssociate Editor - Wealth

James Kirby, Associate Editor-Wealth, is one of Australia’s most experienced financial journalists. James hosts The Australian’s twice-weekly Money Puzzle podcast.He is a regular commentator on radio and television, the author of several business biographies and has served on the Walkley Awards Advisory BoardHe was a co-founder and managing editor at Business Spectator and Eureka Report and has previously worked at the Australian Financial Review and the South China Morning Post. Since January 2025 James is a director of Ecstra, the financial literacy foundation.

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