Average incomes can’t drive property prices perpetually higher

Investopoly · Aug 30, 2022 · 10m

Commentators often refer to the price of property in Australia relative to household incomes. They highlight that property prices have risen two to three times faster than household incomes. They conclude that property growth cannot exceed income growth perpetually. Obviously, this is unsustainable at a macro level. I’ve written about the factors that contributed to property price growth over the past few decades here. But many of these factors won’t repeat themselves over future decades. However, I argue that this commentary isn’t relevant to investors if they invest in investment-grade…