Sydney property prices are already up 20% in 2021!

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With nearly four months to go this calendar year, Sydney’s dwelling prices today hit 20% growth for 2021:

Dwelling growth

Note: Perth’s index temporarily suspended.

Even with Sydney’ dwelling value growth slowing (see next chart), it is easy to envisage that Sydney property values will grow by more than 25% over the full calendar year:

Sydney dwelling value growth

Growth slowing.

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We have not seen a property price boom like this since the late-1980s.

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.