Gotti panic rises as Melbourne apartment price crashes

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By Leith van Onselen

Robert Gottliebsen (aka “Gotti”) has returned with another bawl at the pending apartment bust facing Melbourne:

A number of executives in our large banks paled this week when they read that a one-bedroom apartment in Melbourne had sold for $161,000. What happens in the apartment market in Melbourne will have a big influence on the Australian economy and the banks’ problem loans. A secondary apartment market that sells way below the values the Chinese and other off the plan buyers are paying is very dangerous…

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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.