Australian house prices are falling but have still more than doubled over the past decade

Australian house prices have fallen recently, with major banks predicting drops of two to three percent by year's end. But that modest decline won't solve the country's housing affordability crisis. According to The Guardian, the average Australian home now costs more than seventeen years of a typical household's disposable income—all this despite prices having more than doubled over the past decade.

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