CoreLogic: Home values up 0.1% in November. Doubts remain

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By Leith van Onselen

CoreLogic’s dwelling price results are in for November, with a 0.12% rise in values recorded over the month at the 5-city level (see next chart).

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It was the 12th monthly rise in home values in a row (see next chart).

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Over the quarter, price growth fell back to 1.67% at the 5-city level, down from the 2.65% recorded in October (see next chart).

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Over the quarter, prices rose strongest in Adelaide and Sydney, but fell in Perth (see next chart).

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The next chart, which tracks trend annual price growth, shows a strong rebound driven in part by the 1.5% fall in values recorded nationally in November 2015 (see next chart).

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Sydney remains the strongest housing market in Australia when measured in annual growth terms, edging out Melbourne (see next chart).

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And values are now 32.2% above the October 2010 peak at the 5-city level, driven almost entirely by massive growth in Sydney (+59.0%) and to a lesser extent Melbourne (+31.0%), with the other major capitals not doing a lot (down in real inflation-adjusted terms):

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CoreLogic’s results continue to decouple from the other data providers:

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Especially with regards to Sydney:

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Thus, question marks remain over this index.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.