Wednesday, 11 February 2026

People aren’t buying new houses – this is good for villages

• The new housing market is the worst in 20 years with approvals 18% below long-term averages, according to Matthew Quinn before he retired as CEO of Stockland pre-Christmas. He predicted January to June 2013 will be very tough. All this against...

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• The new housing market is the worst in 20 years with approvals 18% below long-term averages, according to Matthew Quinn before he retired as CEO of Stockland pre-Christmas. He predicted January to June 2013 will be very tough. All this against steadily decreasing interest rates.
• The ABS found that in November commitments to purchase new dwellings fell by 10.3%, seasonally adjusted
• Over the past five years Sydney has built an average of 20,200 homes a year while its population has increased by 61,000 people each year – which should require 30,000 new homes. Melbourne has been building nearly double the number of new homes to Sydney [39,000 a year]. Sydney’s population is 4.7 million and Melbourne 4.1 million

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