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“Sophisticated modelling” by the Super Member’s Council released today purports to show that allowing Australian’s to access their money in their super accounts to buy a first home would inflate house prices by an average of $75,000.
According to AIP Executive Director, this modelling is rebutted by the facts.
Overall housing is now twice as unaffordable in terms of repayments, and almost as unaffordable in terms of deposits as it was in the 10 years between 1994 and 2004, which is 100 on our model. Our index for repayments is currently at 209.77 and for deposits at 191.5.
It’s time for the prime minister to step up and rule out tinkering with the housing market and get on with the job of creating more supply. In particular he must rule out any changes to negative gearing.
Despite interest rate rises, house prices have retained most of their value, which has led to a decrease in housing affordability across Australia.
The Queensland Housing Summit was an admission of failure and did nothing to address the real problems in housing affordability in Queensland.
Housing repayments were more affordable in the first quarter this year than the last quarter in 2021, but interest rate hikes since then will reverse this.
The latest Australian Institute for Progress Housing Affordability Index shows housing affordability improved slightly in the September Quarter, 2021. This was as a result of price falls in Melbourne, while they stayed almost stationary in Sydney.
House prices are likely at a peak, with or without interest rate rises, as they nudge levels of unaffordability last seen just before the Global Financial Crisis.
The latest AIP Housing Affordability Index shows that while house prices have risen there is scope for them to rise much further before they become unaffordable, judged on an historical basis of what purchasers are prepared to pay.
We've renewed our call for first home buyers to be able to borrow from their superannuation account towards their deposit based on a new study: "Superannuation and Housing: growing the cake and eating it too".
