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Over the next 25 years? I have no idea. I'm just looking at the next few years. My feeling is that property in Australia is still not "mature", in the sense that Europe is, because: - we're still a young nation with huge population growth - people still expect to be able to live near CBD on...

Hmm... don't think so. This chart is based on household income as the last one. Two things were added: - Capital cities Price-to-income in addition to All regions Price-to-income - Standard interest rate Look at it again... I'm no economist but would suggest the following: - if...

OK, this one goes back to 1980. It shows that from 1980 to about 1992, the index went up from 2 to close to 3. It was a period of extremely high interest rates and tough lending conditions. So in time of tight credit, the index managed to go up by approx the same proportion as in time of...

The above chart from RP Data Rismark goes against the ratio of 7 or 8 usually quoted by all sorts of sources. The reason for the discrepancy, according to Rismark, is because: 1. The "others" use house prices and not "all dwellings" prices that include units, townhouses, semi-detached etc...

From RP Data Rismark: House price vs Disposable household income In 3 years between Sep 2000 and Sep 2003, the index shot up from about 3 to 4. Has been stable since then.