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 “House prices are up 8% already this year based on CoreLogic numbers. There’s another 2% coming in May alone. As this year settles down, we’re going to see house price growth at 15% or 20% in some cities.”

Shane Oliver, chief economist of AMP Capital

Price Rises Out-stripping Wages

Price Rises Out-stripping WagesHouse prices could rise more than 10 times faster than wages this year.

Australia’s job market has improved since the pandemic recession, with the unemployment rate dropping 0.2 percentage points to 5.5% in April, on ABS figures released last week.

Wages rose 0.6% in the March Quarter, tracking at an annual growth rate of 1.5%. But house prices are growing more than eight times that pace in the same period.

Shane Oliver, chief economist of AMP Capital, says: “House prices are up 8% already this year based on CoreLogic numbers. There’s another 2% coming in May alone. As this year settles down, we’re going to see house price growth at 15% or 20% in some cities.”

The gap between average household income and house price growth has been growing for years. The average cost of housing in Australia was about 2.5 times the average household disposable income in 1990, the Reserve Bank says. Now, housing across Australia costs five times.

Buyers Eye Off-the-plan Projects

Buyers Eye Off-the-plan ProjectsSentiment towards off-the-plan properties is improving, with the number of online searches rising four-fold in some areas over the past three months as government incentives entice first-home buyers to the sector.

Moreton Bay in Brisbane’s north and Riverstone in Sydney’s north-west are the most popular, racking up 340% increases in the number of buyers searching for off-the-plan properties, new Domain data shows.

Mark Bainey, chief executive of Capio Group, says demand for medium-density off-the-plan developments outside the CBDs has rocketed, with buyers paying record prices for townhouses and bigger apartments.

Government concessions have helped to improve sentiment towards the sector, says Nicola Powell, Domain’s senior research analyst. FHBs in NSW and Victoria get $10,000 for new homes and stamp duty discounts, while Queensland offers $15,000 to FHBs of a new home.

“I think the affordability of the outer suburbs has also been a lure for buyers to move to these new developing areas, particularly with the ability to work from home,” says Powell.

Regional Surge Tipped To Endure

Regional Surge Tipped To EndureA shortage of property supply in the capital cities is set to fuel a decade-long shift to regional centres, as regional housing markets continue to outpace the capital cities.

Property Council of Australia chief executive Ken Morrison says a lack of affordable urban supply will help to ensure that a population and capital shift to the regions will continue in most states over the next decade.

His comments came as CoreLogic reports regional markets have outperformed value growth in the cities in the last 12 months, rising 13% compared with a 6.4% gain in city values – led by a 22% rise in the Richmond-Tweed area of NSW, which includes Byron Bay.

Morrison says the flight to the regions will continue – and presents problems for locals priced out of their own markets and burgeoning strains on infrastructure as small towns contend with bigger populations.

“Infrastructure pressures are being felt right across Australia, but particularly in some of our faster growing regions,” he says.

Regional Rents Up Almost 10%

Regional Rents Up Almost 10%Combined regional dwelling values (13%) have risen at twice the rate the capital cities (6.4%) in the past 12 months, but rent values in the regions have outpaced capital city rents even more.

The CoreLogic rental value index finds that regional rents increased almost three times as much as the capital city markets over the year – up 9.6% in the year to April, compared with 3.3% in capital cities.

In an analysis of 25 regional areas, total available rent listings have halved over the past year and rent increases have ranged up to a 17.6% uplift across the Richmond-Tweed area.

The average time a rental property spent on the market has declined from 25 days a year ago to 17 days in April 2021. The lowest typical days on market is on the Gold Coast, where properties rent within two weeks.

The data suggests that tenants are having to compete harder for regional accommodation, both in terms of their wallet and the pace of their decision making. More severe consequences include housing stress and homelessness.

Buyers Shrug Off Rates Rise

Buyers Shrug Off Rates RiseProperty buyers have shrugged off Commonwealth Bank’s decision to lift the interest rates of select fixed-term home loans, with nationwide auction clearance rates holding above 77% as investors remain buoyed by the economy’s strong performance.

CoreLogic reported a preliminary clearance rate of 78.2% across 2,845 homes last weekend, maintaining a string of 15 weeks above 77%. Prices and rents continue to rise strongly.

Australia’s largest bank, CBA, lifted the three- and four-year fixed rates for owner-occupiers paying principal and interest by five basis points to 2.19% and 2.24% respectively. It follows the bank’s move to lift the four-year rate by 20 basis points from 1.99% in March, which effectively rang the bell on cheap rates and alerted borrowers to fix before they moved higher.

Banks says their wholesale funding costs are rising, despite efforts by central banks around the world to lock in ultra-low rates.

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