Background Notes for Opening Remarks to Inquiry into Housing Affordability in Australia List of charts

Chart 1: Real House Prices and Fundamentals

Chart 2: Nominal House Prices (Cumulative percentage change since December quarter 1995)

Chart 3: Nominal House Prices (Cumulative percentage change, 1995/96 – 2006/07)

Chart 4: OECD Nominal House Prices

Chart 5: Housing Loan Repayments

Chart 6: Determinants of Housing Affordability

Chart 7: Housing Loans in Arrears

Chart 8: Housing Loan Arrears in NSW

Chart 9: Households with Housing Costs 30% or More of Gross Income

Chart 10: Proportion of Households Paying More Than 30 Per Cent in Debt Servicing

Chart 11: Sydney House Prices

Chart 12: Rental Vacancy Rates

Chart 13: Rents

Chart 14: Gross Rental Yields

Chart 15: Relative Dwelling Costs