Q3 2018 Key Market Indicators – Queensland
Queensland (QLD) takes out the silver award nationally for highest nett migration in the PRD Q3 2018 Key Market Indicator Awards series, recording a movement of 9,174 people as of December 2017. This is great news for the QLD property market, particularly Brisbane, as an increase in population growth equals to an increase in property demand, be it for purchase or rent.
Queensland’s property supply to be absorbed by an increasing amount of interstate migrators, maintaining price affordability in the long term.
Queensland (QLD) takes out the silver award nationally for highest nett migration in the PRD Q3 2018 Key Market Indicator Awards series, recording a movement of 9,174 people as of December 2017. This is great news for the QLD property market, particularly Brisbane, as an increase in population growth equals to an increase in property demand, be it for purchase or rent.
Even better news QLD’s dwelling approval figures decreased by -5.2% over the past 12 months to June 2018. The decrease in dwelling approvals suggests that current property supply have a higher chance of being absorbed by increasing population growth, creating a balanced supply and demand market. QLD took out the bronze award nationally in the highest median growth in weekly family income (of 2.5% growth) category, which assists in managing a healthy household income. These two factors combined will result in property price stability for Queenslanders.
QLD’s unemployment rate decreased by -7.8% over the past 12 months to June 2018, earning a bronze award nationally in the most improved unemployment rate category. This is exceptional improvement, bringing the QLD unemployment rate to 5.9% in June 2018 and quite close to the Australian average of 5.4%. This suggests that more Queenslanders are employed, improving the chances of renters becoming home owners. QLD took the bronze award nationally in highest number of first home buyer loans, recording 5,639 loans over the past 12 months to March 2018. This represented a 5.0% growth and will most likely increase over the next 6 months as QLD’s home loan affordability index reading continues to track above the Australian average (31.9 points), at 36.4 points in March 2018.
The
PRD Q3 2018 Key Market Indicators provide a quick snapshot of the
current state of the market in Australia from both an economic and property
perspective. The Indicators cover both national and state level data,
comprising of:
- Number
of loans to first home buyers
- Home
loan affordability index
- Number
of dwelling approvals
- Consumer
sentiment index
- Standard
variable loan
- Consumer
price inflation index
- Unemployment
rate
- Weekly
family income
- Nett
migration
View the Q3 2018 Key Market Indicators