首次置业者重回房产市场

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A survey conducted for Wizard Home Loans found the number of Australians planning to buy their first home in the next 12 months jumped by a fifth to 476,000 during the September quarter from 396,000 in the June quarter. Households with an annual income of $100,000 or more accounted for almost half of the increase.

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Financial confidence ... first-home buyers return to the property market.




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首次置业者重回房产市场  






12月21日消息   原先不景气的住宅房销售正慢慢恢复活力，因此目前，市场正准备迎接首次置业人士涌入房市。

Nielsen媒体的调查数据显示，截止今年9月，3个月中准备在一年之内买房的首次购房者增加了30％。

人们通常把首次买房者的活跃程度看作是最重要的房市“指针”。最近几个月中，这个指数一直在缓慢增长。

该调查报告由Wizard 房屋贷款公司委托进行，调查发现有钱的租贷者是买房者信心的源动力。那些家庭收入在100，000澳元以上的被访者中有一半的人感到信心提升。

Wizard 房屋贷款公司主席Mark Bouris称：“这个收入层次的首次买房者对房市感到有信心的占所有首次买房者的20％。”

十月份，首次买房者数量略有上升至17.7%,比2004年房市繁荣期后的13％要高出许多，但仍比长期以来的平均值21％要低。

Bjarne Hansen有着六位数的家庭收入，上个月他在悉尼市内，位于西部的Erskineville，花$500,000买下了一套公寓。

他表示：“房价是有点高，但事实上我不认为房价会下跌。今后几年里大概都不会跌，因此我认为接下来的两年是出手的好时机。”

Hansen称免抵押金房贷使他可以省下钱来以备不时之需。

澳洲房产协会首席经济师Harley Dale，告诫人们应该审慎对待该调查结果，因为政府十一月份的提息举动可能打击了一些有意买房者。

Dale称虽然首次购房者数量有所增长，但数据显示出售给投资者和首次购房者的新房屋数量还是在6年来的最低点。

这些数据都表明六个月以来0.25%的利息飙升，使房市受到重创。






First-home buyers return to property market



By Anthony Klan   21dec06


THE property market is preparing for an influx of first-home buyers, in a sign the beleaguered residential sector is slowly recovering.

The number of people intending to buy their first home within 12 months surged 20 per cent in the three months to September, according to a survey by Nielsen Media Research.

First-home buyer activity, which deteriorated rapidly after the property boom in the eastern capitals, is considered a "lead indicator" for the state of the property market.

It has been lifting slowly in recent months.

The report, commissioned by Wizard Home Loans, found improved buyer confidence was driven by wealthy renters. Respondents with household income of more than $100,000 accounting for half the lift in sentiment.

"First-home buyers in this income bracket are feeling financially confident and account for 20 per cent of all intending first-home buyers," said Wizard Home Loans chairman Mark Bouris.

The proportion of first-home buyers in the market increased slightly to 17.7 per cent in October, well above the low of 13 per cent after the property boom in early 2004, but still below the long-term average of 21 per cent.

Bjarne Hansen is one of those well-heeled first-home buyers with a six-figure household income. He settled on a $500,000 apartment in Erskineville, in Sydney's inner-west, last month.

"  Prices are a bit high but realistically I don't think prices are going to come down," he said. "I don't think they're going to go up much either over the next couple of years, so I think now and anytime in the next 24 months would be a good time to get in and buy something."

Mr Hansen said a no-deposit home loan had enabled him to buy the apartment he shares with his partner because it meant he had money reserved for an emergency.

Housing Industry Association chief economist Harley Dale warned the survey results should be interpreted with caution because some of those prospective buyers may have been deterred by the November rate rise.

Mr Dale said while the proportion of first-home buyers in the market had been slowly improving, recent figures showed total new home sales - to investors and first-home buyers - were at their lowest point in six years.

Those results indicated the market had been hit hard by the three 0.25 per cent rate hikes in six months, he said.



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