Australian Property

By Leith van Onselen The 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, released on Monday, garnered its fair share of attention for highlighting the woeful state of housing affordability in Australia, especially in the big cities of Sydney and Melbourne.

By Leith van Onselen Last week I listed a bunch of measures showing that Perth landlords are hemorrhaging losses.

By Martin North, cross-posted from the Digital Finance Analytics Blog: So, suddenly its politically correct to be discussing “housing affordability”.

By Leith van Onselen The December quarter consumer price index (CPI) data, released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), revealed a continued moderation of rental growth at the national capital city level.

By Leith van Onselen JP Morgan is the latest to warn about the risks building in the high-rise apartment space, via The AFR: “In areas like Melbourne CBD fringe and south Brisbane, the market is being flooded with product.

By Leith van Onselen Yesterday, Domain (aka APM) released its property price index results for the December quarter, providing an opportune time to yet again compare how each of the major data providers are tracking each other across the major markets.

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Leaning against the wind: Re-evaluating the evidence – VOX Peak Millennial?

By Martin North, cross-posted from the Digital Finance Analytics Blog: The latest report from the Productivity Commission “Report on Government Services 2017, Volume G: Housing and homelessness” shows rental stress is on the rise.

By Leith van Onselen Mark Latham last night entered the housing affordability debate, questioning why politicians on both sides are ignoring the role of mass immigration in pushing-up home prices, which is shutting younger Australians out of the housing market.

By Leith van Onselen Newly appointed NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has committed to making Sydney housing more affordable via boosting supply.

By Leith van Onselen As promised last week, Australia’s real estate treasurer, Scott Morrison, has traveled to London to gain ideas on how to revamp Australia’s existing $1.4 billion National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) in a bid to encourage more private investment in rental accommodation.

By Leith van Onselen With the release of the ABS’ housing finance data for November, it is an opportune time to once again plot CoreLogic’s dwelling price series against the total value of finance commitments (excluding refinancings) as measured by the ABS.

By Leith van Onselen The 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey has just been released and, once again, it ranks Australia as having one of the most expensive housing markets out of the countries surveyed.

By Rob Burgess, cross-posted from The New Daily: When NSW Premier Mike Baird announced his resignation on Thursday, he made sure to claim credit for the economic achievements of the earlier O’Farrell government and his own administration.

From the HIA: The HIA New Homes Sales Report – a survey of Australia’s largest home builders – shows a strong bounce in November 2016, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.

By Leith van Onselen Brisbane’s apartment market outlook is “ominous” and facing a large oversupply according to research from property firm Momentum Wealth, which warns that fewer foreign investors following the state government’s new foreign-buyer surcharge, as well as more restrictive lending practices, will continue to have a negative impact on the sector.