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A plan for land is a plan for housing
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The HIA-CoreLogic Residential Land Report provides updated information on sales activity in 51 housing markets across Australia, including the six state capital cities.
“The median price of the typical residential lot sold in the March quarter 2024 was $343,480, which is 3.3 per cent higher compared to the same period in the previous year.
“Perth, Brisbane, and Adelaide are currently sitting in the fast lane of growth in residential land prices with double-digit annual increases. Hobart grew by 2.4 per cent over the year, Sydney remained flat while prices in fact fell in Melbourne compared to the previous year.
“There are evidently two speeds of price growth in residential land market values, with the smaller more affordable capital cities seeing sharper increases in prices.
“Land prices in the capital cities overall are 4.4 per cent higher compared to the previous year. The regions on the other hand recorded a 0.9 per cent decline over the same period.
“Land prices in the regions have slowed with the post-pandemic return of households to the capital cities offsetting the relative affordability advantage of many regional markets.
“Nationally, the number of lots sold in the March quarter 2024 fell by 9.1 per cent compared to the previous quarter, reflecting the dampening effect of sustained high interest rate environment and the inability of policymakers to bring sufficient land for residential development to market in a timely way.
“The decline in the number of lots sold in this quarter has been broad-based, as land sales fell across all capital cities and regional markets.
“Lot sales remain well below the pre-pandemic average, suggesting an ongoing lack of urgency from state and local governments to bring enough land to market for residential development.
“Furthermore, it reflects a damaging fixation on taxes and charges levied throughout the new home building supply chain.
“Excessive taxation and charges on land under residential development is a key reason for the high price of land.
“Land supply has been inadequate for the best part of a decade, and inefficient and inequitable taxes, such as stamp duty, have only compounded the problem and significantly inflated the cost of land.
“Before a brick is laid, the median lot prices across many capital city and regional markets are already simply too expensive, pricing vast numbers of owner-occupiers out of the new home building market.
“It is incumbent upon governments to adequately supply land for residential development, both Greenfield and infill, to support Australia’s underlying housing demand.
“An appropriate demand/supply balance should be complimented by the removal of punitive taxes, such as stamp duty, that are pushing new homes out of the reach of many Australian families,” said Mr King.
CoreLogic Economist Kaytlin Ezzy said, “The recent divergence in capital city land price growth mirrors the recent trends in dwelling value growth, with mid-sized capitals like Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide far outstripping Sydney and Melbourne.”
“Affordability continues to be an important factor driving this divergence, with the high interest rate environment skewing demand away from the more expensive end of the market towards more affordable capital city and regional alternatives.”
Ms Ezzy also noted that rising land prices, driven by a persistent undersupply, continues to be an important factor hampering the delivery of new housing.
“Since the onset of COVID, median land prices across the capitals have increased by between 16.4 per cent (Perth) and 54.2 per cent (Sydney), which has likely priced many potential homeowners out of the new dwelling market.”
“Additionally, while growth in construction costs has stabilised in recent months, they remain well above the pre-COVID average, further pushing new dwelling ownership out of reach of many households,” concluded Ms Ezzy.
For more information please contact:
CoreLogic Media Team 1300 472 767 / media@corelogic.com
Housing and Productivity Contribution Scheme Works-in-Kind Guideline
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Government announces broader licensing powers and HBCA review
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HIA welcomes changes providing confidence for home building
Housing Industry Association welcomes today’s announcement by the Cook Labor Government to review key aspects of the home building contracts legislation and provide the building regulator with additional powers to work with builders in distress.
Interest rate cuts boost building approvals
“Two cuts to the cash rate have seen the volume of detached house building approvals rise to be 3.2 per cent higher than the same month last year,” stated HIA Senior Economist Tom Devitt.