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Latest · Wednesday 11 November 2026

Mortgage holder confidence hits lowest level since 1994

Westpac's sentiment index sinks to a four-year low, SQM says no capital has found a floor, and ASIC opens a formal investigation into the $3.4bn Bathla collapse.

  • Mortgaged households at their gloomiest since 1994
  • Mid-sized capitals now leading the steepest downturn on record
  • SQM's Louis Christopher: agents calling the bottom are 'just dreaming'
  • ASIC opens formal investigation into collapsed Bathla Group
  • Gutted Manifold Heights house sells $70,000 above reserve
  • Only 74 beach suburbs left where a house beats a capital city unit

Past briefs

Mortgage holder confidence hits lowest level since 1994 10 stories Mickleham home beats reserve by $40k days after an RBA hike 10 stories $43m Gold Coast beachfront sale smashes Queensland record 9 stories Geelong landlords cut asking rents by $50 a week as supply builds 5 stories $500 a week now buys a one-bedder, not a four-bedroom house 10 stories $32m Gold Coast penthouse sale smashes Queensland apartment record 10 stories Fifth rate hike locks Victorian buyers out of 55 suburbs 10 stories Cash rate hits 18-year high as Westpac tips 11pc price fall 10 stories Fastest price falls in 40 years, and the RBA is set to hike again 10 stories Three in four Brisbane auctions fail as a fifth rate hike looms 10 stories Inflation at 4.3% puts a Melbourne Cup Day rate hike in play 10 stories Whole streets for $75k: 100 buyers circle a Queensland mining town 10 stories Queensland rental squeeze: 48 of 50 markets still tight 9 stories 18 Melbourne suburbs now outrun the $950k first-home cap 7 stories Receivers put six half-built Brighton homes on the market for $9m 5 stories Mango growers smash NT record buying Darwin's 'Jim Beam House' 10 stories House prices fall in every capital in steepest quarterly drop 10 stories Every capital falls: house prices post steepest quarterly drop 10 stories Lottery winner sells $13.9m Sunshine Beach mansion for $4m less 9 stories Melbourne rents hit a record $600 a week as tenants cut back on food 10 stories
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