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Report 18th May 2023

Financing first home ownership: modelling policy impacts at market and individual levels

Rachel Ong ViforJ, James Graham, Melek Cigdem, Christopher Phelps, Stephen Whelan

This research conducted modelling experiments to examine the relationship between different housing finance conditions and people’s ability to buy a first home. The first simulated the housing market’s response to decreases in interest rates, while the second simulated the market’s response to variations in borrowing standards such as changes in financial regulations or allowing households to borrow more or less against the value of their homes. 

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Report 25th July 2017

Australian demographic trends and implications for housing assistance programs

Gavin Wood, Melek Cigdem, Rachel Ong

The study forecasted future expenditure on housing assistance programs; the additional outlays on ISPs due to asset test concessions to home owners; and the aggregate value of home owner tax subsidies. These three housing subsidy components are estimated to increase from $25 billion in 2011 to $32.8 billion in 2031.

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