Home prices fall across Australia as housing downturn takes hold

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/home-prices-fall-across-australia-as-housing-downturn-takes-hold/g1hgsw12u

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NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 19 pts · 32d (3 replies)

It’s weird how much they phrase housing becoming more affordable as a bad thing.

HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 32d

this was my thought. I mean maybe it will fall to the point of being affordable. oh boo hoo. gotta bail out corpos who lost money buying single family homes I bet.

Cypher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 31d

There are some people who bought at or near the peak who in theory lose out especially if they run into financial difficulties and are forced to sell at a loss.

While house prices falling overall is good and I'm happy about it the reality is that a minority of people will be significantly worse off and they will be unhappy about it.

Separating those people from the parasites who whinge that their 'portfolios' just got fucked can be difficult but only because the parasites are never honest about their situation when having a whinge.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 32d

still unaffordable for most

Almacca@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 32d

Bet my rent still goes up when I renew the lease.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 32d

wages are down to 1/3 in real terms of what they were in the 1970s

there is no way anyone could have foreseen housing would become unaffordable

prex@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 32d

Taleya@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 31d

yeah that's what we WANT to happen, mate