Affordable Housing
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Every year, Anglicare Australia surveys rental listings across Australia to see what it is like for people on low incomes…
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ANZ CoreLogic provides a report with housing market data from a national perspective as well as statewide, capital cities, and regions. The report refers to the many factors contributed to the sharp increase in values including record low mortgage rates, a substantial lift in household savings, a variety of stimulus from governments and improving consumer sentiment as lockdowns lift.
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Agglomeration economies can be understood as the combination of cost savings, efficiencies and increased market potential that benefit firms when they locate in more heavily populated cities or cities with a greater diversity of firms, economic sectors and workers. The research finds productivity benefits from higher wages do not accrue to all workers but are concentrated in the higher income distribution. Regional development with affordable rental housing and enhanced transport systems is a policy direction proposed by this research.
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Australian capital city dwelling prices will peak in the first half of 2022, with growth slowing down sharply due to expected further intervention by the banking regulator to restrict home lending, according to Christopher’s Housing Boom and Bust Report 2022
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This is the second report of a research project that began in mid-2020, after the early dramatic responses by governments…
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This research draws on Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey data and 2016 Census of Population and Housing data and employs two methods of Small Area Estimation (SAE): a unit-based and an area-based approach to look ar small statistical areas where homelessness is a high risk.
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Economist Saul Eslake said there were issues on both the demand and supply side, claiming the current tax system was favouring investors over owner-occupiers which was driving up price.
“Acknowledging that it has been politically controversial,” he said. “It would be to remove the tax preferences that investors enjoy that inflate the demand.”
The Grattan Institute flagged taxation was distorting prices, particularly on the current discounts provided on assets through capital gains tax.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows Queensland gained the most people, about 7000, from net interstate migration over the March 2021 quarter, while Victoria lost the most at almost 5000, followed closely by NSW at 4500 people.
