Desperate developers puke cash for unwanted apartments

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As stalled developments mushroom across Australia’s east coast following a surge in completions:

The AFR reports that desperate developers are offering up to $20,000 in cash to clear the backlog of high-rise apartments and house-and-land packages:

Cash payments of $20,000 are being offered to buyers of high-rise apartments around Melbourne’s central business district amid concerns about construction and safety that have affected sales, discouraged potential tenants and hit investment returns…

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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.