Mortgage stress drives huge surge in legal aid claims

Friday 15 March 2019

With Perth house prices falling for around 4.5 years, down nearly 18%:

The number of West Australians seeking legal help because they can no longer pay their mortgage is on track to double last year’s record. From The West Australian:

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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.