Michael is director of independent property advisory Matusik Property Insights. He is independent, perceptive and to the point; has helped over 550 new residential developments come to fruition and writes his insightful Matusik Missive
This Missive I want to cover Queensland’s improving population growth and its potential impact of property values. There are four charts this post to help me explain to you what I think is going on. But before we get into them lets quickly summarise where things are at when it comes to population growth. Australia’s…
Here are some facts on capital city house price growth over the last decade Two tables this missive. The first looks at median detached house values by capital city and the second looks at house values by general location within our five major capitals. Capital cities Capital city Median house values % change (pa) House…
Discussions about this topic focus too much on the price of the real estate and its daily movement, rather than what should be discussed – household income. What we earn, particularly in disposable terms (minus tax), is equally important in determining what we can and cannot afford; as is the price of property. And the…
Here are four charts about the likely direction of house prices. I update these four charts about this time each year. I have found that these four indicators are good bellwethers when it comes to future house price movement. My thesis is a simple one: 1. If more people have a full-time job then more households…
The International Monetary Fund believes that the Australia economy is likely to grow between 2.5% and 3.0% per annum over the next five years. This is less optimistic than the current budget papers. The IMF believe that there is no mining boom on the horizon and dwelling construction’s contribution to economic growth is likely to…
Today I want to cover economic growth. Not the big yawn that we had to put up with over the last week or so – GDP this, chain volume measure that – but some simple stuff, like where does economic growth take place and in what places is it growing or contracting. To me this important…
Much has been written of late about Australia’s rate of population growth. Some say high migration is needed, others it is a Ponzi scheme. A few are suggesting a plebiscite to set a annual target. This week we will look at past population growth and the current projections. 4 Key Urban Trends If I was to…
Where are the jobs? To help answer this below, I’ve included three tables. These are based on cleaned up ABS Census data (it is long story but suffice to say that you cannot blindly compare the 2011 count with the 2016 census – if you do you will get incorrect answers) plus published NIEIR results. The first…
Here’s our take on what’s going on with the Brisbane apartment market. Here we are talking about the City of Brisbane (LGA) which extends in a 20km radius from the Brisbane GPO. 1. About 1,184,000 people live in Brisbane. This area is expected to grow by some 16,000 new residents per annum. 2. There is…
Today we look at 3 trends for Brisbane apartments: Brisbane’s apartment sales Last year’s apartment buyer profile/origins The current state of new apartment supply 1. Sale volumes Calendar years Settled sales Yet to settle Total sales 2013 7,482 750 8,232 2014 10,696 1,550 12,246 2015 11,302 2,350 13,652 2016 9,784 3,500 13,284 2017 7,465 1,100…
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