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
The chart shows the number of dwellings approved, but not yet started. It is one of those rare property charts where, if the lines go down, it is a good thing. At present, some 9,500 detached houses have been approved but haven’t yet commenced construction. This is about a ten percent of last year’s detached house approvals. But…
What does the future hold for property? For mine demographics shape almost everything. Future demographic shape If that is true, what does Australia’s demographic shape look like over the next decade. The first table shows that baby boomers, who were helping drive generic house price growth over the past two decades, are now starting to…
Density must be off-set. That’s a good yardstick. The chummier our homes – think apartments – the bigger and better the outside space needs to be. Brisbane is planning to become a very urban city, with many more residents living in mid to high-rise apartments and many of them in the downtown area. That makes sense,…
What is Australia’s PIN CODE? You know that 4 digit number that you need to unlock your phone or get the credit card to work. For mine it is 1 1 1 1 See the graphic below. It shows the likely distribution of a variety of important housing-related things over the next decade. The simple things…
Here’s a quick summary of the Australian economy (well the one that really matters). Let’s call it 10 Things Economic. 1. Working longer hours for less pay per hour. 2. Stuff all wage growth, which is unlikely to change – digital stuff, automation, the internet of things, baton change to service industries and importantly low/declining productivity. 3. Many already underemployed, with…
There is a lot of new construction going on. We have been experiencing a building boom and are now getting set for a surge in new infrastructure. Both are largely influenced by government pump-priming — high levels of migration; low interest rates; loose foreign ownership/investment rules and debt. True, that without this, our rate of economic…
So much is written about housing prices these days that it makes my head spin. And it’s so easy to get distracted by the distortion. After 30 years of doing this stuff I can tell you that it is somewhat easy to understand what is happening when it comes to housing prices. Whilst housing prices…
The ABS annual regional population dataset now includes details about population growth type. A change in population is dependent on three things: 1. Natural increase — in short, births versus deaths. 2. Net internal migration — this means movements within the country, including interstate moves but also movements within the same state or territory. 3. Net overseas…
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…
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