Updating the Victorian new house sales crash

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By Leith van Onselen

Here is an updated chart to my post this morning on tanking Melbourne new house sales. From the Housing Industry Association’s (HIA) October report:

The chart speaks for itself. On an annual basis, new house sales in Victoria have hit 15-year lows. And on a monthly basis, sales are at the lowest level in more than 12 years after falling by a further -12% in October.

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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.