House prices

Australian house prices approaching the bottom, it looks shallow: Shane Oliver

 

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EXPERT OBSERVER

The negatives weighing on Australian residential property prices remain significant but the past few weeks have seen a number of developments that suggest that prices could bottom earlier and higher than we have been expecting.

The election outcome removed a key threat, but several other factors also help.

THE BIGGEST HOME PRICE FALL IN THE LAST 40 YEARS

According to CoreLogic data, capital city dwelling prices are down 9.7% from their September 2017 high, which is their worst decline in the last 40 years.

Of course, there is a huge range here with prices down from their top by 15% in Sydney, 11% in Melbourne, 28% in Darwin, 18% in Perth, 2% in Brisbane, less than 1% in Adelaide and at record highs in Canberra & Hobart

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