Property listings crater

David Llewellyn-Smith

Tuesday, 19 January 2021

CoreLogic leading indicators this week show an ongoing seaonal fall in new mortgages:

This is deeper than I expected. I wonder if the virus outbreaks over Xmas have hit the market.

Not to worry, though, because listings are a disaster:

Obvious price support there. Full report.

About the author

David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.