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Seven ways COVID changed housing trends

Four years on from when the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic, CoreLogic research director Tim Lawless has revealed seven ways COVID changed housing trends. It was four years ago when the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic.  Since that time economic trends, including housing metrics, have been on a roller coaster…

Market wrap for Strathfield – Burwood – Ashfield

January 2024 quarter Sydney’s housing market commenced the year with record house prices and units close to full recovery. House prices now sit about $6,000 above the previous peak and are on track to surpass $1.6 million next month. The recovery in unit prices has picked up pace – leaving only about $12,000 to recoup.…

Gap widens between house and unit values

Research News   •   20 Feb 2024 As the gap widens between house and unit values, we reveal the suburbs with the largest and smallest house premium. Underlying land value, scarcity factor and desire for more space through the pandemic has led to a substantially larger rise in house values relative to unit values over the past…

If housing is so undersupplied, why are some markets falling in value?

In today’s Pulse article, Head of Research Eliza Owen discusses how the performance of dwelling values and rental demand influences Australia’s current housing supply. The current state of the Australian housing market is often characterised as undersupplied. Supply is at the centre of government policy approaches to housing, and the latest reporting from Housing Australia…

Home values rise 0.4% in January

Research News   •   01 Feb 2024 The CoreLogic House Price Index rose for the fourth month in a row in January, although the 0.4% increase was a deceleration in the pace of gains on both November (0.7%) and December (1.0%). Since September’s trough, property values have now risen 2.5%, bringing the national average to $928,184, or…