Falling home sales meets rising supply in Perth

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By Leith van Onselen

As has been well documented on this blog, Perth’s housing market is deteriorating fast as the epic commodity price and mining investment boom unravels.

This weakness has been most evident by Perth house prices, which have fallen by 3.8% so far this calendar year, according to RP Data:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.