The strong rebound in Australian property values has come to a shuddering halt with the Coronavirus lockdown. Auction clearance rates and buyer sentiment have collapsed, unemployment is surging, and mortgage availability is tightening. All of which points to declines in Australian dwelling values. Yet these headwinds pale next to the looming headwind of heavy falls in mass immigration over the medium term…
Listen in as MB Fund’s Head of Investments Damien Klassen, Chief Economist Leith van Onselen, Chief Strategist David Llewellyn Smith and Head of Operations Tim Fuller discuss the ultimate victim of Coronavirus, Australian property prices
Topics include:
- Coronavirus a unique challenge to Australian property and growth model as a whole
- Mass immigration and international students
- Foreign buyers’ role in Australian property
- Rental crash
- 1.3 million loss making landlords
- Policy exhaustion and options
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