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The true cost of buying and holding: stamp duty, settlement, furnishing, maintenance, owners corporation, insurance, yield, cash flow and the risks buyers miss.

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GEN Z WON’T OWN HOMES. NOW THEY CAN’T EVEN AFFORD TO RENT.

Australia told Gen Z that renting was the price they had to pay for being locked out of homeownership. Now rents are surging, wages are falling behind and young Australians are being priced out of the last stable housing option they had left. Are we creating the country’s first generation without a secure place to live?

Tom Brennan/4 September 2026/6 min read