As of June 2022, the following suburbs have the highest potential for price growth:
Houses
- Cammeray (100/100)
- Redfern (97/100)
- Wahroonga (97/100)
Units
- Waverton (96/100)
- Narraweena (96/100)
- Davidson (96/100)
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Australians love property, but for many, figuring out where to invest is the hardest part. Finder's Property Investment Index uses a range of data inputs to predict price growth in each suburb across Australia's major cities. A Property Investment Index for Melbourne is also available.
As of June 2022, the following suburbs have the highest potential for price growth:
Houses
Units
The Property Investment Index is a model that ranks suburbs based on their investment potential. Suburbs are scored out of 100, with 100 indicating very high predicted price growth and 0 indicating very low or negative predicted price growth.
The final score is calculated based on 3 factors:
An additional 15 points are given to suburbs that have had at least 1 property sale over the past 12 months. The number of points for each suburb is capped at 100.
The index is intended to be an indicator of relative price growth, rather than of property prices themselves. A high score does not necessarily mean that a suburb will have the highest house prices but that we can expect strong growth in that area.
Finder's Property Investment Index uses a range of data inputs to predict price growth in each suburb across Australia's major cities. These data inputs are weighted to produce a score out of 100, with 100 indicating very high predicted price growth and 0 indicating very low or negative predicted price growth.
Apart from the weighted inputs listed below, an additional 15 points are given to suburbs that have had at least 1 property sale over the past 12 months.
Prior to the pandemic, investor activity in New South Wales had been falling since 2017. When COVID-19 hit, investor home loans continued to fall before recovering to reach new records. In November 2021, the value of new investor home loans reached a historical high of $4.9 billion, an increase of 83% from the previous year.
The data also shows investors are beginning to take on more of the market from owner-occupiers. In January 2021, investor loans made up 24% of all home loans, but that figure has now grown to 37%.
"Interest rates are rising and it's already hitting borrowers quite hard," says Richard Whitten, Finder home loans expert.
"This is true for investors too. As borrowing gets more expensive, property prices are almost certainly going to fall," he adds.
"This seems likely to hit Sydney more than other cities simply because no other city has seen such high prices for so long. There's much more room for prices to fall in Sydney. It's also worth noting that more expensive, higher-value properties may be more affected for the same reason."
"But if interest rates remain high and the Sydney market cools down, this will probably benefit some investors. An investor with steady income and existing property wealth will be well-placed to make advantageous investment choices."
"Less cautious, more over-extended investors may find themselves struggling to pay off expensive loans when the value of their investments is falling," Whitten says.
Half of Sydney residents (50%) expect property prices in their local area to increase in the next 12 months, according to Finder's Consumer Sentiment Tracker. This includes 16% who think price growth will be significant. However, Sydneysiders are the most likely to think prices in their area will decrease over the coming year (22%).
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