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Help to Buy: How Australia’s Shared Equity Scheme Actually Works
Help to Buy isn’t the 5% Deposit Scheme. Here’s how the government’s shared-equity scheme actually works, its price caps, and what it costs you later.
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Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub 2026: What’s Actually Approved at 2 Hirata Boulevard
The Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub cleared its final planning hurdle in June 2026, and Harvey Norman will anchor it. Here’s exactly what Wyndham City Council has approved, how big it is, and what’s still just a rumour. This article was produced and reviewed by the Australia Develops editorial team. See our Editorial Policy for sourcing…
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Providence Town Centre Ripley: What’s Actually Open Now
Stockland’s Providence Town Centre opened in South Ripley on 21 May 2026. The $65 million build is already the biggest retail anchor to land in the Ripley Valley development this year. But it’s easy to mix up with the older Ripley Town Centre a few minutes away. It’s just as easy to assume the corridor’s…
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The 5% Deposit Scheme in 2026: Price Caps and What Changed
The 5% Deposit Scheme, officially the First Home Guarantee, is not the scheme people were weighing up a year ago. Since October 2025 there is no income cap, no annual limit on places and a higher price cap everywhere, and uptake has jumped to match. That has made it the default way in for a…
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Yarrabilba Town Centre 2026: Is a Westfield Actually Confirmed?
Search interest in a Yarrabilba town centre anchor tenant has been building for months, with “Westfield Yarrabilba” a recurring search. Here is what the developer has actually lodged with the state government, and what is still just speculation. Short answer: the land is moving, the retailer is not confirmed. This article was produced and reviewed…
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Angle Vale Development 2026: The $50m Marketplace, Curtis Road and What Else Is Coming
Angle Vale spent more than a century as a quiet farming community on the Gawler Plains, and in the space of five years it has become one of Adelaide’s fastest-growing suburbs. Four separate projects are now reshaping it at once: a $50 million shopping precinct, a $250 million rail crossing removal, a $59 million water…
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Australian Interest Rates & Property Prices: What’s Likely Through Late 2026 and 2027
The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 4.60% on 29 September 2026, its fourth increase this year and the highest setting since November 2011. Some economists now expect one more rise before Christmas, and the property market is splitting sharply by state. Here’s what the numbers say about the rest of 2026 and into…
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Alkimos Development 2026: Costco, a $82.9m Aquatic Centre and What Else Is Coming
Alkimos was empty coastal scrubland twenty years ago. In 2026, it has a train station, a Costco-anchored trade hub on the way, and an $82.9 million aquatic centre about to open. Here’s every live Alkimos development, its actual location, and what it costs. This article was produced and reviewed by the Australia Develops editorial team.…
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Wyndham Vale Development 2026: The $333 Million Road Fix and What Else Is Coming
Wyndham Vale isn’t a brand-new growth corridor — it’s an established Melbourne suburb of more than 20,000 people that’s now catching up on the infrastructure it outgrew years ago. In 2026 alone, the suburb has a $26 million retail jobs hub approved. A major road intersection is under construction too, part of a package worth…
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Negative Gearing and CGT in 2026: What Property Investors Actually Face Now
The negative gearing changes in the 2026 budget rewrote the tax rules for property investors. From 1 July 2027, negative gearing depends on whether the property is new or established, and capital gains tax is being reworked from the same date. If you already own an investment property, very little changes for it. If you’re…