this sensitivity seems to vary between countries and through time. In this paper, we model the housing markets in Australia …

the Australian context. Using unit record data for Australia’s three largest cities – Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane …-based measures are likely to be a useful analytical tool when measuring pure house price changes in Australia. …

. This has been the case both in Australia and in other countries where house price developments are having significant …

expenditure in Australia. We approach the problem using a panel of Australian states, for which we construct data on housing and …

Australia’s household sector appears to hold a greater proportion of its wealth in dwellings than do households in … other countries. Average dwelling prices in Australia also appear to be high relative to household income, but dwellings in … Australia are not noticeably higher in quality than those in comparable countries. This concentration of wealth in housing also …

We investigate the factors associated with the incidence of mortgage-related financial difficulties in Australia. We … Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, which we use to explore the factors associated with …

Using dwelling prices in Australia's two largest cities, we consider whether the way in which a property is sold …