Aug 8, 2026 – 5.00amAuction clearance rates are tanking, fewer investors are applying for loans and open homes are quieter affairs.The property market is falling, which makes for difficult reading if you have a property on the market – or were planning to sell this spring. But all is not lost.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Michelle BowesDeputy wealth editorMichelle Bowes is deputy wealth editor at The Australian Financial Review. She has been a business journalist for 25 years and is the author of Money Queens: Rule your Money, an award-winning personal finance book for teenage girls.Fetching latest articles
Should you sell or wait? Seven rules for a falling market
With buyers growing selective, real estate analysts outline key tactics to avoid selling at a heavy discount in a softening spring market.
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