Australian Property

HIA: Housing starts to fall 15% over 3 years

Leith van Onselen
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
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By Leith van Onselen

Last month, BIS Oxford Economics projected that housing starts will fall 22% from 2018’s estimated figure of 219,000 to 171,350 in 2020.

Today, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) has updated its housing starts forecasts, projecting a smaller 15% fall over three years:

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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.