Storm clouds darken over Australian housing

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Anecdotal evidence continues to emerge of the impending downturn in Australian housing, with Terry Portelli tipping that residential land sales are about to crash:

“We can safely assume in the growth corridors that sales volumes and enquiry will fall to record low levels over the coming months of uncertainty,” said Terry Portelli, the founder and managing director of Red23, one of the country’s leading land sales agencies.

Inquiries across the 19 Melbourne and Geelong housing estates the group was marketing had “dropped dramatically” since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the market in March…

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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.