Australia’s housing crisis takes nasty turn

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The Albanese government’s 5% deposit scheme for first home buyers, effective from 1 October, appears to have significantly boosted home prices.

Cotality’s house price results for October reported the strongest increase in values since June 2023, up 1.1% over the month and 2.9% over the quarter at the combined capital city level.

Cotality October

Source: Cotality

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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.