Time for a little developer discounting

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From the AFR comes Urban Development Institute of Australia’s chief executive Stephen Albin at UBS’ Australasia Conference:

“Demand is still there, especially in NSW. The only issue is the supply of money. Some developers won’t be taking a rest over Christmas. In fact they’ll be trying to run down stock as much as possible so they don’t go bust while holding stock,” Mr Albin said.

“We are starting to see previous indicators of boom-bust cycles appearing, hopefully it’s a soft landing.”

Time for a little developer discounting.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.