Rpdata still going up - why?

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  1. icic

    icic Well-Known Member

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    It's been a month since almost everything has been going pear shaped except for the likes of Coles and Wolworth. I have been tracking rpdata index from time to time and looks like the index has been tracking upward like business as usual and I am rather pazzled. The index surely don't lag for a month right? I remembered when the scomo won the election the index trucked up almost immediately within days. Can anyone logically explained why rp data index is still moving upwards?
     
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    Lag

    data is from sales 90 to 180 days contract date

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    The same question I had. How reliable is that?

    Mid of 2019 it went pretty quickly within week. Now the sales are generally 5% down everywhere but it shows up.
     
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    but that is contradicting the the quick recovery with the coalition win. Are you sure it's not the sale value at the time sale and not contract date? If the data lags 3months, there's no point of daily index.
     
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    Consider the source of RP Data's information. A lot of it initially comes from auction results where agents publish them, but this isn't entirely reliable.

    The best data is from the Office of State Revenue. This is verified after settlement, usually within 30 days (when the stamp duty is paid). The settlement is often 60-90 days after the contract is signed.

    Thus it's not uncommon for the data to be 90 days old or more by the time it's included in the RP Data results.
     
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    There is no lag with their price data as it reflects currently signed contracts (assuming you're referring to Corelogic daily index).

    The most likely reason is that both supply and demand for properties have fallen by similar amounts. For prices to fall, demand needs to fall by more, but in current conditions people are not putting properties on the market.

    Also, I wouldn't trust daily price index anymore because it's being generated on a very small sample (i.e., how many properties sell per day now?)
     
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    Nah, specifics......RP data AVMs not the index

    Additionally, valuers will only used settled sales, whereby in the past could use reported sales

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    House in our area, Camp Hill Brisbane, 15% drop in price , been listed 6 weeks.

    Haircuts are on.
     
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    Bugger all stock too

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    Thanks for clarifying - would you mind flicking a link? I confused it with Corelogic daily home value index. What do AVM data show?
     
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    Rolf Latham Inciteful (sic) Staff Member Business Plus Member

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    Its a subscription product and until 2 or 3 years ago was around 23 k a year for our team

    I believe u can get public access for less than 200 a mth

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