Part 3: The 1950s — How Home Ownership Spread
Part 3 of our housing affordability history follows the spread of home ownership in the 1950s, the 1956 housing agreement and a lending system where a low rate did not guarantee a loan.
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Part 3 of our housing affordability history follows the spread of home ownership in the 1950s, the 1956 housing agreement and a lending system where a low rate did not guarantee a loan.
Part 2 of our housing affordability history explores the postwar shortage, the 1945 housing agreement and the race to build enough homes between 1945 and 1949.
Part 1 of our housing affordability history: how Australian home values, incomes, deposits and mortgage repayments changed, with charts and international comparisons.