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<blockquote data-quote="Occams Barber" data-source="post: 76429901" data-attributes="member: 313365"><p>An interesting question but one which is almost impossible to answer. Do you mean land, or houseblock or house-on-land?</p><p></p><p>Imagine me asking "how much is land going for in America?" There are so many variables that a sensible answer is impossible but I'm going to try.</p><p></p><p>In the more desirable areas - east coast, urban, coastal, more temperate climate- if you need to ask you probably can't afford it ($1,000,000 plus). Australian housing is extremely expensive although to be fair we tend to demand big houses in premium locations.</p><p></p><p>Avoid the big cities like Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and you probably bring the price down a bit. I live on the coast, about midway between Sydney and Brisbane, near (within 50km) of a regional centre where your average new house is probably around $600,000 AUS(allow an exchange rate of $1AUS = 71cents US)</p><p></p><p>If you decide to go inland everything changes. As you move west towards the desert towns shrink along with facilities and the distance between centres increases. The price of housing depends on whether the location is growing or shrinking. Inland townships tend to be shrinking unless they've established a solid secondary industry like tourism.</p><p></p><p>Soil is not a factor in the price of a house/land. Wherever you go the soil will be deficient in minerals notably phosphates and nitrogen. As you get closer to the desert your soil will basically become iron filings mixed with sand - great for natives but death for lettuce.</p><p></p><p>The climate is another variable. Go coastal north and heat and humidity increase. Go inland and heat will increase while humidity tails off as does rainfall. Go south and it becomes more temperate. Much depends on what you're used to.</p><p></p><p>I live in what is often called the Goldilocks zone but even here humidity can be in the 80s and temps around 100f. Today was ideal - 75% humidity and around 85f but, if you're not used to it, my ideal day would hit you like a wet brick.</p><p></p><p>Basically when you move away from the coast you choices become more limited.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There is a reason why the lower part of the east coast is where most of us tend to live.</p><p></p><p>OB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occams Barber, post: 76429901, member: 313365"] An interesting question but one which is almost impossible to answer. Do you mean land, or houseblock or house-on-land? Imagine me asking "how much is land going for in America?" There are so many variables that a sensible answer is impossible but I'm going to try. In the more desirable areas - east coast, urban, coastal, more temperate climate- if you need to ask you probably can't afford it ($1,000,000 plus). Australian housing is extremely expensive although to be fair we tend to demand big houses in premium locations. Avoid the big cities like Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and you probably bring the price down a bit. I live on the coast, about midway between Sydney and Brisbane, near (within 50km) of a regional centre where your average new house is probably around $600,000 AUS(allow an exchange rate of $1AUS = 71cents US) If you decide to go inland everything changes. As you move west towards the desert towns shrink along with facilities and the distance between centres increases. The price of housing depends on whether the location is growing or shrinking. Inland townships tend to be shrinking unless they've established a solid secondary industry like tourism. Soil is not a factor in the price of a house/land. Wherever you go the soil will be deficient in minerals notably phosphates and nitrogen. As you get closer to the desert your soil will basically become iron filings mixed with sand - great for natives but death for lettuce. The climate is another variable. Go coastal north and heat and humidity increase. Go inland and heat will increase while humidity tails off as does rainfall. Go south and it becomes more temperate. Much depends on what you're used to. I live in what is often called the Goldilocks zone but even here humidity can be in the 80s and temps around 100f. Today was ideal - 75% humidity and around 85f but, if you're not used to it, my ideal day would hit you like a wet brick. Basically when you move away from the coast you choices become more limited. There is a reason why the lower part of the east coast is where most of us tend to live. OB [/QUOTE]
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