Aussie housing valuations obliterate all records

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By Leith van Onselen

The ABS on Tuesday released its property price data for the June quarter, which valued Australia’s dwelling stock owned by households at a record $6.39 trillion, whereas the total housing stock was valued at a record $6.73 trillion.

As shown below, the total value of Australia’s dwelling stock owned by households was an all-time high 7.7 times employee incomes as at June 2017, up from 7.2 times incomes a year prior, whereas the total housing stock was valued at 8.2 times employee incomes:

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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.