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class=\"wrap\">\n<header class=\"hero\">\n<span class=\"kicker\">Market Alert<\/span>\n<h1>Australia Housing Crisis: Prices Are Falling \u2014 But Half of Would-Be Buyers Have <em>Already Given Up<\/em><\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"dek\">The Australia housing crisis is far from over. New research of 2,000+ Australians shows cheaper prices can't fix a shortage of homes \u2014 only faster, affordable supply can.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"meta\">AusMod20K Newsroom \u00b7 Sydney \u00b7 30 September 2026<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"key\">\n<h2>Key messages<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>51% of aspiring first-home buyers say they have abandoned hope of ever owning a home.<\/li>\n<li>Prices may drop ~9% this cycle, yet 55% expect affordability to get <strong>worse<\/strong> \u2014 rents keep climbing.<\/li>\n<li>The market is frozen: investors have pulled back ~25% and first-buyer numbers have fallen, not risen.<\/li>\n<li>The real fix is supply \u2014 complete, compliant homes built faster and at lower cost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"stats\">\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>51%<\/b><span>of aspiring first-home buyers have given up<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>68%<\/b><span>of renters expect to rent for life<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>86%<\/b><span>of non-owners unlikely to buy feel negative<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>33%<\/b><span>trust governments to deliver<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article>\n<h2>The \"great Australian dream\" is slipping away<\/h2>\n<p>To measure the true scale of the Australia housing crisis, the Housing Affordability Research Project by Growth Distillery and SEC Newgate surveyed more than 2,000 Australians. While 53% of non-homeowners want to buy their first home, just 14% think it will happen any time soon. Among renters, 68% believe they will rent for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>The damage goes beyond money. Housing pressure has pushed 55% of Australians to delay moving out of home, 33% to rethink their careers and 31% to put off starting or growing a family. Nearly half (49%) can't afford the suburb they want to live in.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\"Housing hasn't been a meritocracy for a long time.\"<cite>\u2014 Maiy Azize, Everybody's Home<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Why falling prices won't save buyers<\/h2>\n<p>After federal changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, CommBank now expects national dwelling prices to fall around 9% from peak to trough. But the market has frozen rather than opened up: investors have pulled back about 25%, overall transactions have plunged, and the absolute number of first-home buyers has actually dropped.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, rents are still rising. CBA chief economist Luke Yeaman warns that rising yields mean investors will return \u2014 and that even an 8\u201313% fall only takes prices back to where they were roughly 12\u201318 months ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote>Rental yields will \"start to look attractive to investors again.\"<cite>\u2014 Luke Yeaman, CBA Chief Economist<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<p>Australians back structural fixes such as banning foreign buyers from existing homes (69% support) and scrapping stamp duty for first-home buyers (60%). But tax tweaks alone don't add a single new home to the market. With national rental vacancy sitting at just 1.2%, <a href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/national-vacancy-is-1-2-australias-rental-squeeze-is-a-supply-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia's rental squeeze is a supply story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What the Australia housing crisis means for builders and suppliers<\/h2>\n<p>The numbers point in one direction: Australia needs far more homes, built faster and at a lower cost than traditional methods allow. Skilled labour shortages, long build times and rising material prices have made it hard for conventional construction to keep up with demand, especially in growing regional centres and outer suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>That gap is where modern methods of construction (MMC) come in. Building homes in a factory lets manufacturers work in parallel with site preparation, control quality in a consistent environment and reduce waste. For families, that means a finished home sooner. For developers and governments, it means more housing supply delivered within tighter budgets and timeframes.<\/p>\n<p>It also opens the door for a wider supply chain. Australian builders, developers and installers are looking for reliable partners, and qualified overseas manufacturers of steel framing, cladding, panels, kitchens and fit-out materials have a real opportunity to help close the gap \u2014 provided every product meets Australian standards.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n<section class=\"solution\">\n<div>\n<h2>The answer: build more homes, faster \u2014 AusMod20K<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AusMod20K<\/a> is building a modular housing supply chain for Australia: complete Class 1a family homes, manufactured off-site to Australian standards and delivered in a fraction of the time of traditional construction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Factory-built precision cuts delays, waste and on-site cost.<\/li>\n<li>Every <a href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">material<\/a> is checked against <a href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AS\/NZS standards and the NCC<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Our first display home is now under construction \u2014 explore our <a href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/house-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">house models<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn how we are <a href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/connecting-vietnamese-building-materials-to-the-australian-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connecting quality building materials to the Australian market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cta\">\n<h2>Be part of the housing solution<\/h2>\n\n<p>We are onboarding manufacturers, material suppliers and Australian partners now.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"btns\">\n<a class=\"btn sup\" href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/register-supplier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n<small>Vietnam manufacturers<\/small>\n<strong>Register as Supplier \u2192<\/strong>\n<\/a>\n<a class=\"btn par\" href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/partner-au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n<small>Australian businesses<\/small>\n<strong>Join as Partner (AU) \u2192<\/strong>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"source\">\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> Based on reporting by news.com.au \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/finance\/economy\/not-over-yet-the-reality-of-housing-affordability-in-australia\/news-story\/167180abb2ef9b7cf8d564755cdf107c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Not over yet: The reality of housing affordability in Australia\"<\/a>. 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