HIA new home sales punished

Monday 1 April 2019

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has released its February new home sales report, which reveals more weakness:

“New home sales remained subdued in February, with just a 1.0 per cent increase across Australia, against a downwards trend that has been evident since the end of 2017,” stated HIA’s Chief Economist, Tim Reardon.

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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.