Louis Christopher: RBA and APRA must tighten on property

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The Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will need to “act soon” if strong auction clearance rates continue, SQM Research managing director Louis Christopher says.

The rise in volume of properties for sale – expected during this time of the year during the spring selling season – has not eventuated, and is likely to add more pressure to property prices, he added.

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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.