Perth’s housing market might be ‘healthy’, but first-home buyers like me are getting sick of it

February 26, 2026 — 2:00am

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“Don’t believe the front pages, this housing market is healthy!”

That’s the message our auctioneer is trying to sell, alongside a property, in Perth’s northern suburbs over the weekend.

I can’t help but share a disbelieving look with my partner as we stand, paddle at the ready, holding a free coffee from a van set up in the driveway.

As someone who has written some of those “front pages”, it was difficult to reconcile what she was saying with the countless reports from leading bodies and personal stories from those struggling, on what many are quick to label as a housing market in crisis.

Bidding starts at $800,000. As first-home buyers, we are utilising the federal........

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