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According to the latest data from REIV, Melbourne's median house price rose by more than 7% in the final quarter of 2013, to reach a new high of $643,000. Recent figures from APM and RP Data confirm this level of growth: APM showed 8% growth over 2013, while RP Data recorded a 3.7% increase in January alone. Commentators have now started to warn that this level of growth is not sustainable and is unlikely to continue for much longer. Both APM’s Andrew Wilson and RP Data’s Tim Lawless predicted that Melbourne’s growth would moderate and slow considerably over 2014. Lawless expected low rental yields, increasing affordability issues and high levels of housing supply to have an impact on the market. Damian Sutherland, from advisory firm William Buck Victoria, was even more pessimistic. He warned Melbourne property was not a good investment bet in the immediate future. He said the city’s imbalance between high house prices and low rental returns was bad news for investors looking for short to medium term returns. “To get a good yield on property investors are relying on capital growth. But Melbourne growth projections for the next five years are somewhere in the vicinity of 10-15%.” Sutherland estimated that this would equate to a return of about 6-7% over a five year period. Given annual rent returns of just 3-4% plus property outgoings, and the time and money required to deal with tenants and maintenance, this was not a particularly good rate of return. “Investors won’t lose money, but they also won’t get the sort of returns that they should be getting or would be hoping for.” However, a clutch of recently released information indicates the city’s long-term prospects might be somewhat rosier for investors. Recent ABS data predicted strong population growth for Melbourne. The ABS said that Victoria’s overall population will rise by 50%, from 5.6 million to 8.4 million, by 2040. Melbourne’s population is expected to reach 7.9 million people by 2053. A new Urban Development Programme report found that five out of the six growth areas identified in Melbourne had enough residential land supply to last for approximately 25 years. The Victorian government has just announced it will fast-track the development of roads and other key infrastructure in Melbourne’s growth areas. The aim being to ensure people moving into new suburbs had immediate access to roads, transport, employment opportunities and community facilities.
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