CoreLogic: Listings surge causes heavy vendor discounting

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By Leith van Onselen

This week’s Housing Pulse report from Westpac included the below stunning chart showing that national housing turnover fell to the lowest level since 1987 in the final three months of 2018, whereas total listings have also ballooned:

Yesterday, CoreLogic released a new report showing that the surge in listings is causing vendors to discount heavily in order to generate sales:

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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.