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[upbeat music] Good morning. I'm Claire Murphy. Welcome to the Solo Bureau. The last time Australia recorded any meaningful fall in house prices, it was 2008 during the global financial crisis. Now, in 2026, they're falling again for a range of reasons. But just how far can they drop before we get into real economic trouble? After all, for many Aussies, homes have become the one big investment you can count on increasing in value over time. We'll speak to an economist to find out just how much dip we can do. Actually, before I get into today's top stories, I want to address something that happened yesterday, and I do need to give you the heads-up, we are about to get a little bit gross, so if you are eating breakfast, I sincerely apologize. So instead of writing the While You Were Sleeping sub stack yesterday, I accidentally wrote While You Were Seeping. Now, this was pointed out to me by a few of you, but Claire Kingston and I started chatting on Instagram, and I mentioned that it sounded like maybe a new way of talking about having your period, and she suggested [laughs] a new title, Not Snoozing, Oozing, which I understand might be a lot to discuss this early in the morning, but it was hilarious. And so that is now the show's unofficial motto, Not Snoozing, Oozing. Thank you, Claire. All righty. [laughs] Let's get into it. Here's what's been happening while you were sleeping,

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