Australia Housing Market: Why Are Home Prices Falling, How Far Could They Drop

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Australia’s housing market, after a decades-long boom that lifted national house prices about 70% in seven years, is seeing prices fall. Analysts are examining drivers of the downturn and how far values could drop in one of the developed world’s most expensive property markets.

For the past three decades, Australia’s property market has experienced a prolonged boom, with prices rising sharply despite periodic downturns. In the past seven years alone, national house prices have risen by roughly 70%, resulting in one of the most expensive property markets in the developed world.