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Caitlin Powell

Overheated market could burn first-time home buyers

Pushing people to buy a home may not be good for them or the nation, a housing expert says. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Pushing people to enter the "overheated" housing market is a bad idea, an expert says, with new data finding first-time buyers want to purchase property as soon as possible.

A report has affirmed Australians are eager to join the home-ownership ladder during a week of jockeying in federal government over how best to help buyers.

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