{"id":6281,"date":"2015-11-05T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realestatetalk.com.au\/?p=6281"},"modified":"2015-11-05T18:00:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T07:00:36","slug":"change-is-afoot-in-canberra-john-mcgrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/channels.realty.com.au\/realtytalk\/change-is-afoot-in-canberra-john-mcgrath\/","title":{"rendered":"Change is afoot in Canberra &#8211; John McGrath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Often overshadowed by Sydney, Melbourne is ready for its time in the sun.<\/strong><br \/>\nIn his regular column on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/switzer.com.au\/the-experts\/john-mcgrath-property-expert\/change-is-afoot-in-canberra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Switzer<\/a>\u00a0John McGrath has been examining local trends occurring within each of the Eastern Seaboard\u2019s major capital cities.<br \/>\nThis week he takes a look at what&#8217;s been happening in our nation&#8217;s capital, Canberra.<\/p>\n<h4>Here&#8217;s what he said:<\/h4>\n<p>Over the past few weeks, we\u2019ve focused on market trends in the major east coast capitals of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane that we looked at in our annual McGrath Report.<br \/>\nThis week, we\u2019re going inland to the nation\u2019s capital, where a two-tier market has formed as house prices rise, while apartment prices stumble.<br \/>\n<strong>This year, houses have been performing far better than apartments<\/strong><br \/>\nFor the first time since 2008, we saw three consecutive quarters of house price growth in December 2014, March 2015 and June 2015, which indicated to us that change was afoot in Canberra.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"canberra image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/puassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/canberra-image-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\nSo far this year, Canberra has recorded the third highest growth in house prices behind Sydney and Melbourne, with values up 4.7% as of the September quarter, according to newly released figures from CoreLogic RP Data.<br \/>\nThis compares with 14.6% in Sydney, 14.3% in Melbourne and 2.9% in Brisbane.<br \/>\nThis price growth has largely been due to a lack of houses for sale, which has created a favourable supply\/demand dynamic for vendors.<br \/>\nWe have seen more auctions and better clearance rates, as well as a number of suburb records, including four achieved by our offices in O\u2019Connor ($2.2 million), Forde ($1.225 million), Crace ($1.215 million) and Downer ($960,000).<br \/>\nSince mid-2013, almost 10,000 public service job cuts nationwide have made Canberra residents reluctant to make large financial decisions.<br \/>\nHowever, this appears to be over, with Budget papers showing only 70 jobs are expected to go in FY16, and this is injecting some confidence back into the market.<br \/>\nCanberra has the highest incomes of the capital cities, so it is less likely to experience the affordability issues of Sydney, and this is also underpinning house price stability.<br \/>\n<strong>Families on good incomes in secure jobs are now happy to upgrade their homes, especially while interest rates remain so low.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe \u2018Mr Fluffy\u2019 buyback scheme, under which the government is buying back homes contaminated by loose-fill asbestos, has provided a significant boost to the market.<br \/>\nOf the 1,022 homes affected, 1,014 are participating in the scheme and 879 offers had been accepted as of early August, with a further 59 acceptances by late October.<br \/>\nHome owners have been well-paid for their asbestos-ridden homes, and with the additional benefit of a stamp duty credit on their next purchase, they have had a significant advantage over other buyers.<br \/>\nMost Mr Fluffy home owners have sought to buy back into the same areas, but some have taken the opportunity to move from older outlying suburbs into the blue-chip Inner North and Inner South, or the Gungahlin region where brand new suburbs, houses and amenities are very appealing.<br \/>\nThe city\u2019s apartment sector will remain soft for the foreseeable future, with ABS data showing a further 2,917 approvals for 2014-15 \u2013 the highest number in three years.<br \/>\nMassive stamp duty concessions available through the Over 60s Home Bonus Scheme have proved popular in the Inner North and Inner South.<br \/>\nIntroduced in 2014 for a period of two years, the scheme has encouraged many older couples to downsize into single storey houses or townhouses.<br \/>\nJust $20 stamp duty applies to purchases up to $625,000 with a sliding scale of fees from there.<br \/>\n<strong>In other news, excitement is building around the planned Capital Metro light rail project connecting the city to Gungahlin.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt will create jobs, take cars off the road and reduce the city commute to 25 minutes.<br \/>\nThis is more important for the future, as current analysis predicts the morning run could take up to an hour by 2031 without the light rail in place.<br \/>\nThe light rail will also connect the growing Gungahlin district to the vibrant restaurant scene of the Inner North and CBD, so we see a great lifestyle benefit here too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often overshadowed by Sydney, Melbourne is ready for its time in the sun. 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