Shrinkflation hits property listings in October

Tuesday 1 November 2016

From SQM Research comes stock on market figures for the month of October, which registered a sharp 2.1% monthly fall in the number of homes for sale with listings also down by 6.5% year-on-year (see below table).

As shown above, listing declines were recorded everywhere except Canberra and Perth 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.