Shrinkflation drives land prices wild

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By Leith van Onselen

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has released its land sales report for the December quarter of 2016, which revealed further appreciation in vacant lot prices to unprecedented levels, as well as a crash in the number of lots sold (see next chart).

According to the HIA release:

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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.