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It’s the myth that keeps on giving, at the AFR:

The chief executive of GWA Group expects robust demand from residential bathroom and kitchen renovators to be a solid buffer against a housing downturn as he also eyes future upside from householders eventually adopting “smart” water usage technology.

GWA Group sells Caroma toilets and bathroom basins, Dorf taps and the Clark brand of kitchen and laundry sinks, and chief executive Tim Salt said there had been no let-up in demand from renovators amid a broader property price decline. “I think it’s fair to say that we’re seeing a fairly consistent trend in the market,” he said.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.