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Booming property prices push household wealth to record levels in Australia – ABC News

Property prices are booming and household wealth hits record levels, while hundreds of thousands of Australians remain unemployed.

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Booming property prices have pushed Australia’s household wealth to record levels, despite hundreds of thousands of people remaining unemployed.
Key points:

  • Australia’s total household wealth hit a record high of $12 trillion in December
  • The value of the country’s residential property soared by more than $450 billion in the last six months of 2020
  • Treasury warns the unemployment rate could increase in coming months

The value of Australia’s residential property jumped by roughly $250 billion in the…

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