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Aussies in home buying boom
June 12, 2007 12:00am
MORE Victorians are buying their first home now than at any time in the past two years as sentiment about the property market improves.
State Government figures show there were 3924 applications for the $7000 first homeowner grant last month. There were 3163 applications for the first homeowner bonus, worth up to $5000.
It was the highest number of applications since June 2005.
Loan size grows
Meanwhilke, the average home loan in Australia leaped from $307,000 in April to $318,000 in May, an increase of $11,000 or 3.6 per cent in a single month, according to figures recently published by AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broker.
The jump represents the largest monthly increase in the average home loan size recorded by AFG Mortgage Index during the past three years.
A related record was broken by Queensland where, for the first month ever, the average new home loan broke through the $300,000 mark ($302,000 up from $288,000 in April).
The “$300,000 Club” now comprises Queensland as well as New South Wales, where the average new mortgage is $382,000, and Western Australia ($359,000).
Victoria claims affordability
Treasurer John Brumby said Victoria had the most affordable housing in eastern Australia.
It shows that there is a lot of strength in the Victorian housing market, Mr Brumby said.
Applicants for the $7000 grant are also eligible for the bonus, which is $3000 for existing homes and $5000 for new constructions.
More than 105,000 Victorians have applied for the first homeowner bonus since its introduction in 2004, meaning $445 million in assistance.
The most popular areas were Werribee, Cranbourne, Caroline Springs-Deer Park, Hoppers Crossing and Craigieburn.
The United Nations has joined the debate with a report arguing that housing shortages in parts of Australia amount to a humanitarian tragedy.
And the report castigates Australian governments for failing to ensure a proper supply of affordable housing.
The UN\'s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing has called for immediate action to remedy the national housing crisis.
In his report to the UN\'s Human Rights Council Miloon Kothari said the shortage of housing was affecting not just the homeless and the poor, but increasingly low and middle-income earners.
June 12, 2007 12:00am
MORE Victorians are buying their first home now than at any time in the past two years as sentiment about the property market improves.
State Government figures show there were 3924 applications for the $7000 first homeowner grant last month. There were 3163 applications for the first homeowner bonus, worth up to $5000.
It was the highest number of applications since June 2005.
Loan size grows
Meanwhilke, the average home loan in Australia leaped from $307,000 in April to $318,000 in May, an increase of $11,000 or 3.6 per cent in a single month, according to figures recently published by AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broker.
The jump represents the largest monthly increase in the average home loan size recorded by AFG Mortgage Index during the past three years.
A related record was broken by Queensland where, for the first month ever, the average new home loan broke through the $300,000 mark ($302,000 up from $288,000 in April).
The “$300,000 Club” now comprises Queensland as well as New South Wales, where the average new mortgage is $382,000, and Western Australia ($359,000).
Victoria claims affordability
Treasurer John Brumby said Victoria had the most affordable housing in eastern Australia.
It shows that there is a lot of strength in the Victorian housing market, Mr Brumby said.
Applicants for the $7000 grant are also eligible for the bonus, which is $3000 for existing homes and $5000 for new constructions.
More than 105,000 Victorians have applied for the first homeowner bonus since its introduction in 2004, meaning $445 million in assistance.
The most popular areas were Werribee, Cranbourne, Caroline Springs-Deer Park, Hoppers Crossing and Craigieburn.
The United Nations has joined the debate with a report arguing that housing shortages in parts of Australia amount to a humanitarian tragedy.
And the report castigates Australian governments for failing to ensure a proper supply of affordable housing.
The UN\'s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing has called for immediate action to remedy the national housing crisis.
In his report to the UN\'s Human Rights Council Miloon Kothari said the shortage of housing was affecting not just the homeless and the poor, but increasingly low and middle-income earners.
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