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This article was originally published by The Guardian World and is republished here under license.

Australian flight transporting aid supplies leaves for Nepal this morning. Follow updates live

The typical capital city home price has slipped back below $1m as buyers fail to show up in a “buyers market”, property data firm Cotality has reported.

The median price in the capitals surpassed $1m for the first time back in October but has steadily fallen this year with demand suppressed by rising interest rates and weak confidence in the economy. By the end of August, it fell to $990,394, Cotality found.

The typical home price in Perth passed $1m in March, but slipped to $999,987 by the end of August.

Longer selling times, larger vendor discounting and persistently low auction clearance rates all point to a buyer’s market, yet buyers are lacking the confidence to transact at the moment.

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