A 17-year-old high school student from regional Victoria has said that if people really want to get into the Australian housing market, it’s still a possibility.
“There’s still houses out there if you want to buy ’em and you may have to sacrifice the location where you want to live but if you want a house, there are houses out there that are affordable,” Jock Maddern told the ABC Q&A panel during a Victorian school special on Monday night.
"Here in Melbourne, understandably it's going to be a lot more expensive than in Kaniva," he said, referring to his country hometown near the South Australian border, with a population of just 800 people.
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I moved to a regional area 12 months ago to save to buy a house. It's damn near impossible to find regular work here! Great idea in theory, but not realistically. Unemployment is huge in regional areas, which is why house prices are much lower.
There are always going to be 'cheap' houses going, but the sacrifice is they are in bad areas, which not only means more travel time but also NO RESALE VALUE!