Subscribe

Australian Housing Market

When you read articles about Australian housing affordability, it is often comparing the single average adult wage to house prices, from generations ago.

The articles generally say something like, ‘a house was worth three times the annual average wage back in the sixties and is now worth 10 times the average wage. This shows housing has become unaffordable.’

You can’t compare the two because back in the sixties it was one wage bidding on real estate.

The state of Australian housing

The days of Dad going off to work, while Mum tends the children are long gone, just like the black and white TVs of that era.

It is now usually at least two incomes bidding on Australian real estate, land price has quickly factored that in. So you can’t compare the two figures.

These days you need to find historical figures for combined household income and compare the two.

When you do that you may find housing affordability hasn’t run away at all, but is simply keeping pace with wages.

And Then Came 2020… Impact of China Relations on the Aussie Economy

Dear Reader, It all began eight years and four prime ministers ago. Then Prime Minister Julia Gillard said China’s telecommunications company Huawei wasn’t allowed to be part of our NBN infrastructure, under the guise of national security. Then last year, we got up China’s nose a little more. We booted China out of building a subsea […]

By ,

Propped Up Property: The Rules Have Changed…Did You Get the Memo?

Dear Reader, In 1904 Elizabeth Magie patented a clever board game of her own creation. She called it The Landlord’s Game. The game pretty much mimicked life. There was money, banks, deeds, jail…you could even make a wage. Yep, you probably guessed it. Her game later turned into what we know today as Monopoly. The […]

By ,

Fat Tail Logo

Fat Tail Daily is brought to you by the team at Fat Tail Investment Research

Copyright © 2026 Fat Tail Daily | ACN: 117 765 009 / ABN: 33 117 765 009 / ASFL: 323 988