HIA: housing starts to fall 20% over next three years

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From The HIA comes its latest housing starts forecast, which predicts a 5% decline in 2017-18, a 12% decline in 2018-19, and a 5% fall in 2019-20:

Here’s the propaganda accompanying these forecasts:

“There is no evidence to support claims that there is an oversupply in the housing sector,” stated Tim Reardon, HIA’s Principal Economist.

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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.