Interesting
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 08 1:14 pm
here are some interesting figures re house prices from Ireland.
Ireland: value of land in housing 1994-2006
1994 2000 2006
Average house price € 72,732 169,191 305,637
Rebuilding cost 64,004 121,818 177,800
Land 8,728 47,373 127,837
No. of houses 26,863 49,812 88,219
Total land cost €m 234,5 2,359.7 11,277.6
As you can see the price of housing has outstripped inflation several fold.
Working on an average inflation figure of say 3% then the value of the House would be
Average house price € 72,732 87,316 104,824
So it seems that the actual average house price has risen almost 3 times the rate of inflation to 305,637.
Which is 34% in real terms. so a reduction of 30% in prices will still be an inflation beating investment?
Basically while labor rates have matched inflation look at the increase in actual land values a massive 480%
Interesting in the current financial times?
Ireland: value of land in housing 1994-2006
1994 2000 2006
Average house price € 72,732 169,191 305,637
Rebuilding cost 64,004 121,818 177,800
Land 8,728 47,373 127,837
No. of houses 26,863 49,812 88,219
Total land cost €m 234,5 2,359.7 11,277.6
As you can see the price of housing has outstripped inflation several fold.
Working on an average inflation figure of say 3% then the value of the House would be
Average house price € 72,732 87,316 104,824
So it seems that the actual average house price has risen almost 3 times the rate of inflation to 305,637.
Which is 34% in real terms. so a reduction of 30% in prices will still be an inflation beating investment?
Basically while labor rates have matched inflation look at the increase in actual land values a massive 480%
Interesting in the current financial times?