Aussies 15% more likely to buy homes in 2021

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A new report by NAB found that more Australians are intending to buy a new home in 2021 compared to the last quarter of 2020.

Even with housing prices surging in the past year, the NAB survey discovered that young Australians in the 18-29 age group were the ones with the biggest intention to get a mortgage and buy new homes in the next 12 months.

“Young Australians are the most aspirational home buyers right now and we’re seeing this with 25 per cent of applications now done via video, with thousands more booked online every month,” said Andy Kerr, NAB executive in home ownership. 

Since May 2020, there has been a spike of new first time buyers with more than 175,000 Australians entering the housing market, said an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report.

According to ABS, in the past year, Australian property value reached a new record of $8.9 trillion and is predicted to continue increasing. However, the surge in prices has not deterred people from saving to buy property. Australians in ACT, SA and NSW are more likely to buy a home in the coming 12 months, stated the NAB findings.

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