INTRODUCTION
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Demand Conditions
Demand refers to the amount of a good or service a consumer is willing and able to buy at a given price. Demand conditions have resulted to a “price bubble” that has continued to grow throughout sydney’s property market. this price bubble has been formed due to increasing demand for property throughout Sydney. As a low supply of housing contributes the idea of elevated competition in the housing market. Income in a rising property market is an important variable for first home buyers, as they may be outpriced of the current market due to competitiveness of the market itself. Insufficient …show more content…
As explained earlier, With the demand and supply constantly increasing and falling over the years it creates a big struggle for first home buyers. Seen in figure 1 although it is fluctuating the gap between demand and supply is slowly getting bigger.
Supply Conditions
Supply is an economic concept that refers to the total amount of a specific good or service that is made available to consumers. The supply conditions within Sydney’s property market has grown but not too the demanded amount by the population, meaning supply has not achieved the necessary growth in order to keep up with demand. Affordability issues will be solved by constructing new supply allowing supply to fulfill the growing demand within the housing property market in sydney will ease price pressures. Allowing first time home buyers to compete against less competition for bidding in prices for homes throughout Sydney. The main constraint to new supply is the planning system. Meaning that it is a state and local government issue, but mainly Local government is the main problem. Supply of property development has grown (i need stats to prove this) but the development of housing within Sydney has not met the amount demanded, Ross Gittins has said that the “supply problem behind sydney 's housing market has not been due to the factors of production but has been constrained by …show more content…
In Australia the housing supply is inelastic and the demand for housing is very elastic. This is due to the lack of houses built compared to the high demand for which cause the price to rise. For example if there was more homes on sale the price of housing would decrease. A substitution for housing is rent. This is if the first homebuyers budget is exceeding they may look towards the cheaper, short-term option of renting. Although housing prices are rising so is rental prices and due to this may become more attractive to first homebuyers. This might be due to them looking in the long run and having a sense of