This article is the first I have come across that compares housing prices and costs to hours worked, which is the ultimate measure for comparing housing affordability across countries or over time (although hours worked for average rent would also be a good measure).
According to the CommSec analysis it now takes 19,374 working hours to pay for an average house at the average hourly rate of pay, compared to just 7,500 hours in 1960. That's ten years of full time work in 2010 versus 3.9 years in 1960. I admit the data may be a little skewed if it is truly generated using averages (means), rather than medians, however there seems to be a strong message coming through.
It also supports my claim about the leisure dilemma, and the ability of others to bid up prices if they choose to work more hours.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment