Fears of a 16% drop in property prices for Melbourne

Negative news for property prices in Melbourne with an outlook of a sharp drop in prices for 2017 with a figure of up to 17% being estimated. An average of 7.7% drop is expected in major cities with Melbourne set to suffer the sharpest drop.

The figures by Moody’s Analytics also say that Melbourne’s inner east will suffer a plunge of 16.3% in the next year – The majority of the major declines in property prices will be in the inner-city suburbs.

The current declines are seen to be more in relation to a correction over a collapse of prices, addressing affordability short term over a long term decline and loss of confidence.

Deloitte partner Nicki Hutley was quoted as saying: “The rise was underpinned by unrealistic investment and at some point, it had to give…

The thing is, the level of un-affordability was high. The price-to-income ratio was 12 times in Sydney and nine times in Melbourne, so there was always going to be a pullback in the market.

It is a record decline, but it was a record rise before that. Eighteen months ago, people were screaming about housing not being affordable and now it’s going backward – you can’t have it both ways.”

Sounds like it is a well needed tumble of prices which is in fact required in a few countries globally – Positive news in making housing affordable for genuine property buyers looking for homes and less of an investment for business interests.

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