Cotality data signals the start of a market downturn, but agents push back on reports of 5 per cent drops in value in key precincts

Cotality data signals the start of a market downturn, but agents push back on reports of 5 per cent drops in value in key precincts

Australian house prices have fallen for a fifth straight month, according to property data firm Cotality. It says the downturn has now spread to 93 per cent of suburbs in the…