Core Logic-RP Data has released its February Housing Market and Economic Update, which contains a bunch of useful charts relating to the housing market.
According to RP Data, the value of Australia’s total dwelling stock hit a record $6.4 trillion in January, and accounts for more than half (52%) of Australia’s household wealth 
With Australian GDP running at $1.62 trillion in the year to September 2015, this infers a dwelling price-to-GDP ratio of just under 4 times – an unprecedented level.
Some other key charts of particular note is the collapse in rental growth and yields:
The lift in property listings over the past year:
And my favourite, the recent sharp drop in RP Data’s leading mortgage index, which suggests that mortgage demand will drop over coming months:
Check out the full chart pack for yourself here.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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