3rd Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 159 Markets in 6 Nations
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3rd Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
(2006)
SMART GROWTH & URBAN CONSOLIDATION: INCOMPATIBLE WITH HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY
159 Markets in Australia . Canada . Ireland . New Zealand . United
Kingdom . United States Housing affordability continues in crisis
intensity in many markets. The most pervasive national crisis remains
in Australia, where purchasing the median priced house now costs years
more in gross household income than just 10 years ago. The crisis is
nearly as serious in Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, where
a government report identifies urban planning practices as the
principal reason that housing costs there have inflated so out of
control. There are regional pockets of severe unaffordability in the
United States and Canada, especially in California, the Northeast and
the Northwest. Still, strong affordability continues in many markets,
such as Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Quebec,
Indianapolis Cincinnati and Kansas City. This edition includes a
comparison of Perth,, Australia and Austin, Texas, similarly fast
growing markets, but where the differences in housing affordability are
like "night and day."
International Release: http://www.demographia.com/dhi-pavrls.pdf
North America Release: http://www.demographia.com/dhi-pavrls-na.pdf
United Kingdom Release: http://www.demographia.com/dhi-pavrls-uk.pdf
Ireland Release: http://www.demographia.com/dhi-pavrls-eire.pdf