Luxury Homes Continue To Jump In Sales And Price Growth
Prices rose 9.1% across the country in the third quarter of 2021, with Sydney registering the biggest gains.
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Australia’s major cities continue to see robust growth in the luxury residential market, according to a report from Knight Frank released Tuesday.
There were 1,971 prime sales—the top 5% of homes in a market—recorded in the third quarter of 2021, a 119% rise compared to the same time in 2020, according to data from the estate agency. The sales number is the second-highest on record.
Australia’s Gold Coast, an area south of Brisbane on the country’s east coast, saw the biggest spike in sales in the third quarter, up 156% annually, followed by Brisbane itself, where sales jumped 135%, according to the report.
In addition, the average number of days a prime property stayed on the market in Australia was 105 in the third quarter, down from 114 days during the second quarter.
Meanwhile, prices for luxury properties across the country rose 9.1% year over year in the third quarter, the figures show. Quarter over quarter, prime prices ticked up 1.5%.
“Australia’s prime annual growth was led by Sydney (10.7%), Gold Coast (10.5%) and Perth (10.4%),” according to the report. “Brisbane followed (8.4%), then Melbourne (6.5%).”
Prices are expected to have grown as much as 11% by the end of 2021, and another 8% in 2022, the report said.
Rents have also increased across Australia, and the country saw a 5.2% year-over-year increase in rates in the third quarter, the data showed. Perth saw the largest growth, registering an annual jump of 11.8% between June and September.
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Home values continue their upwards trajectory, recording the strongest monthly growth in 18 months, CoreLogic data shows.
The property data provider reports that their Home Value Index has noted a third consecutive rise in values in May, accelerating 1.2 percent over the past month. This is on the back of a 0.6 percent increase in March and 0.5 percent rise in April.
Sydney recorded the strongest results, up 1.8 percent, the highest recorded in the city since September 2021. The fall in Sydney’s home values bottomed in January but have since accelerated sharply by 4.8 percent, adding $48,390 to the median dwelling value.
Melbourne recorded more modest gains, with home values increasing by 0.9 percent, bringing the total rise this quarter to 1.6 percent. It was the smaller capitals of Brisbane (up 1.4 percent) and Perth (up 1.3 percent) that reported stronger gains.
CoreLogic research director Tim Lawless said the lack of housing stock was an obvious influence on the growing values.
“Advertised listings trended lower through May with roughly 1,800 fewer capital city homes advertised for sale relative to the end of April. Inventory levels are -15.3 percent lower than they were at the same time last year and -24.4 percent below the previous five-year average for this time of year,” he said.
“With such a short supply of available housing stock, buyers are becoming more competitive and there’s an element of FOMO creeping into the market.
“Amid increased competition, auction clearance rates have trended higher, holding at 70 percent or above over the past three weeks. For private treaty sales, homes are selling faster and with less vendor discounting.”
Vendor discounting has been a feature in some parts of the country, particularly prestige regional areas that saw rapid price rises during the pandemic – and subsequent falls as people returned to the workplace in major centres.
The CoreLogic Home Value Index reports while prices appear to have found the floor in regional areas, the pace of recovery has been slower.
“Although regional home values are trending higher, the rate of gain hasn’t kept pace with the capitals. Over the past three months, growth in the combined capitals index was more than triple the pace of growth seen across the combined regionals at 2.8% and 0.8% respectively,” Mr Lawless said.
“Although advertised housing supply remains tight across regional Australia, demand from net overseas migration is less substantial. ABS data points to around 15% of Australia’s net overseas migration being centred in the regions each year. Additionally, a slowdown in internal migration rates across the regions has helped to ease the demand side pressures on housing.”
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