Housing Research Portal

Published February 2022

State of the Nation's Housing 2021-22

State of the Nation’s Housing is NHFIC’s flagship report, and provides an annual snapshot of housing demand and supply across the country, with a view to identifying supply shortfalls that could over time exacerbate affordability problems. State of the Nation’s Housing is complemented by NHFIC’s core ongoing research program which aims to contribute applied and practically focused research.

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December 2021 - Lorenz curve analysis

Major city and regional area housing affordability

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Developer contributions - How should we pay for new local infrastructure?

This report compares developer contribution policies across states and territories, including looking at the scope, costs, timeliness and transparency of these policies across different jurisdictions. It also explores the views of key stakeholders – industry, local government and state planning authorities – who raise a number of issues that require new consideration.

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Stamp Duty Reform: Benefits and Challenges

This report highlights the distortions that transfer duty imposes on mobility and prices in the housing market. It also discusses the challenges faced by jurisdictions wanting to phase it out in preference of a broad-based land tax using a model that analyses the link between dwelling prices, the number of transfers and transfer duty revenue.

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