Core Logic – Monthly Housing and Economic Update Sept 16

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The monthly update on the state of the national housing market has just been released. The key findings can be summarised as

  • Residential real estate underpins Australia’s wealth and has reached $6.7 trillion
  • The annual rate of capital gain has slowed from its peak but remains quite strong
  • Values continue to fall in Perth and Darwin on an annual basis whilst rising across the remaining capital cities
  • Turnover: capital city transaction numbers have continued to trend lower
  • The decline in capital city rents continues with asking rents down 0.5% over the past 12 months
  • Lending to owner occupiers and investors has started to pick-up again

To read the full report click here