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Matthew Elmas

The boom-bust myth: Why property prices may not fall as much as you think

New research shows Australia’s property market doesn’t actually go through boom and bust cycles. Photo: TND

Australians expecting a massive plunge in property prices to below pre-COVID-19 levels are going to be disappointed, according to new research arguing for a rethink about the housing market.

Domain’s chief of research and economics Nicola Powell has run the ruler over Australia’s so-called ‘‘boom and bust’’ property cycles in the past 30 years and has found there’s actually no such thing.

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