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			<itunes:title>Post-Budget Reality: Should You Buy, Build or Wait Right Now?</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Introducing Home Truths: An Australian Housing Podcast</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:32:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>What buying, building or owning a home in Australia actually means for you.</itunes:subtitle>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Every month, Australians are told the housing market has changed again -  rates, prices, policy, headlines. Home Truths cuts through all of it and answers the only question that matters: what does this actually mean for you?</p><br><p>Hosted by Samantha Riches, with property economist Cameron Kusher and Metricon Homes CEO Brad Duggan, Home Truths turns the noise around house prices, interest rates and building costs into honest, practical guidance for first home buyers, upgraders, renovators and anyone with a mortgage. No spin, no jargon, no property hype -  just the real conversation you'd want to be part of.</p><br><p>New episodes every month. Subscribe or follow to get each one as it drops.</p><br><p>Presented by Metricon Homes.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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