Sydney And Melbourne In Top 5 Least Affordable Cities Globally
Other Australian cities make the top 20 least affordable.
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Australia’s house prices have been listed as some of the least affordable across the globe, with new data revealing Sydney and Melbourne sit in the top five least affordable cities.
Demographia’s International Housing Affordability 2022 Edition revealed Sydney was the second least affordable city to buy a house, with the median price 15 times more than the average household income in 2021.
The NSW capital was only bested by Hong Kong, where prices are 23 times the household income.
Melbourne came in fifth, with the median house price now 12 times the average household income.
Other Australian capitals were considered “severely unaffordable” by the report, with house prices five times the average incomes.
Elsewhere, Adelaide has a median price eight times the average household income, while Brisbane and Perth, with house prices seven times higher than incomes, were included in the top 20 least affordable cities across the globe.
Of note, the report revealed the number of markets considered severely unaffordable rose by 60% in 2021, compared with 2019 before the pandemic struck.
The number of markets considered affordable or moderately affordable declined by nearly two thirds.
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A unique home on the outskirts of London within a former chapel that had a starring role in the hit TV series “Call the Midwife” is on the rental market for £39,000 (US$48,568) per month.
The four-bedroom home was carved out of St Joseph’s Missionary College, which, founded in 1871, trained young Catholic priests to work as missionaries abroad, according to listing agency Dexters.
Before its conversion to a lavish private residence, the college’s chapel had a starring role as nursing convent Nonnatus House in the first two seasons of the feel-good BBC show, which focuses on a church-funded midwifery in the 1950s and 1960s, based on the bestselling memoirs of Jennifer Worth, a former London nurse.
When the historic college was sold for redevelopment in 2013, and production of “Call The Midwife” transferred to a studio set, the chapel—along with the rest of the building—was born again.
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Still going by the apt moniker of the Chapel, the home is the centrepiece of the site, which is now a gated development known as St Joseph’s Gate, said Dexters, which brought the home to the market in late February.
The home spans almost 10,000 square feet and “blends historic architecture, soaring open plan living spaces and every possible contemporary comfort,” said Andy Christophi, director of Dexters Finchley.
The chapel’s nave is now the dramatic heart of the home, complete with a 45-foot high vaulted timber ceiling.
The vast open-plan area—which also has columns and gothic-style arches—has a handcrafted kitchen, temperature-controlled wine storage, a curved living area with Victorian windows and enough space to easily host 30 at a dinner table, the listing said.
Above, a mezzanine bedroom has been constructed to appear as though floating above the main living area below.
The home also has a gym, a spa area with a sauna and steam room, and a media room.
“Perfect for a family that loves to entertain, its use as a filming location…makes it particularly iconic, and means you’ll never run out of dinner party conversation,” Christophi said.
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