Even though house prices in Sydney and Melbourne plunged during the housing downturn, the house price to earnings ratio in both cities is still 40% higher than it was a decade ago. However, we think that housing is only moderately overvalued at the moment once we allow for lower interest rates. And if house price growth moderates again as we expect, that should remain the case over the next couple of years.
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