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Australia Does It Bigger…
It’s a case of supersize me, and it’s not about food.
New research shows that Australia has overtaken the United States to have the largest homes in the world.
While average US home sizes have shrunk for the first time in a decade due to global recession, the average floor space of new Australian homes hit a record high of 214.6 square metres in 2008/09 financial year, according to official data.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data commissioned by CommSec also showed the average floor area of new free-standing houses was also at a record high - 245.3sqm.
By contrast, the average size of new homes started in the US in the September quarter stood at 201.5sqm.
CommSec chief economist Craig James said the latest figures helped to explain how Australians were dealing with the shortage of housing - by making greater use of bigger homes.
“It is commonly believed that there is a housing shortage in Australia, we aren’t building enough homes to accommodate our growing population,” Mr James said in a statement.
“In fact, industry bodies believe that we are under-building by 50,000 homes a year. But the figures on home size and housing utilisation raise doubts about the extent of under-building in Australia.”
ABS data showed that the average size of Australian households rose in the year to June 2008, from 2.51 people per home to 2.56 people.
“At face value, the increase in household size … may not seem remarkable, but it appears to be the first increase in at least a century and perhaps the first since European settlement,” Mr James said.
“It makes sense. Population is rising, as is the cost of housing and the cost of moving house, so we are making greater use of what we’ve got.
“Children are living at home longer with parents and more people are opting for shared accommodation.”
The research showed homes in other parts of the world are far smaller.
Data from Europe shows that Denmark has the biggest homes (houses and flats) with an average floor area of 137 sqm, followed by Greece (126 sqm), and the Netherlands (115.5 sqm).
Homes in the UK are the smallest in Europe, at 76 sqm on average.
Source : http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/6529133
Rates May Rise
RBA hint may trigger bank rate rises
Mortgage holders may be in for a new round of interest rates hikes from their banks after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) suggested that financial institutions had seen their margins shrink over the past two years.
There are concerns that the statement may be give cover to banks not committed to interest rate parity with RBA interest movements to implement their own hikes.
“Margins on variable rate housing lending relative to bank funding costs have actually declined a little over the past two years,” said RBA assistant governor, Guy Debelle at a banking conference in Sydney yesterday.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the RBA believes private banks are paying more for money borrowed abroad and are paying considerably more for Australian deposits.
20/11/2009 - By Robert Carry
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The Word on the street is…
Up - better - brighter… at least in the Australian Property Front. Spring has sprung, will Summer heat things up?
Here are some high points gleaned from various sources -
“Investors are coming back to the Australia and New Zealand Property market” according to Harcourts International’s Managing Director, Mike Green.
“Home Prices Rose in the September quarter” according to Australian Property Monitors
“Rents Are Rising across the country” says Chris Zappone of The Age
“Residential Property prices in Australia are at a six year high” Property Wire report to its readers.
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Property Market Looking Positive
Source - Property Wire
The Australian property market is showing signs of recovery, according to the latest figures for the September quarter.
Nationally property prices declined by just 0.5%, according to the RP Data-Rismark National Property Values Indices. And in the nine months to September the 30, Australian property values have been largely resilient, tapering only 1.4%.
RP Data-Rismark International managing director Christopher Joye said the disconnect between housing demand and supply will positively impact house prices in the future.
‘Looking ahead we need to produce 190,000 homes annually but the supply-side is only currently delivering about 145,000 homes per annum,’ he said.
‘Some economists are forecasting that the supply shortage will grow to 200,000 properties by 2010. This means that Australian house prices will almost certainly rise over the medium to long-term,’ he added.
Mr Joye said if valuations increase in line with nominal gross domestic product (GDP), property values will be around 80 to 90% higher in a decade and housing affordability is also set to improve significantly in the near-term.
Interest rate cuts combined with the Government’s $10.4 billion worth of fiscal stimulus is expected see household disposable incomes after interest costs rise robustly over the next year.
The RP Data’s subscriber base, which includes around 70% of real estate agencies across the country, is already reporting an increase in enquiries, particularly in the lower-priced segments of the market.
City by city, Adelaide remains the strongest performer with property values up 3% this year and 7.8% over the 12 months to September 30. It is regarded as the most affordable mainland capital city.
Darwin continues to record the highest gross rental yields of any capital city, with houses returning an average of 6.42% and units returning 6.56%.
Perth remains the worst performer with poor dwelling values and rental yields, but the city’s units are still the most expensive of any capital city while Sydney is the only market to have recorded an increase in dwelling values during the September quarter and rental yields are also strong.
In Brisbane and Canberra dwelling values are lower, while in Melbourne residential markets have remained virtually flat.