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The latest REA Insights Housing Market Indicators Report shows that buyer demand, based on the number of views per listing of properties for sale on realestate.com.au, hit an all-time high in August, ahead of a delayed spring selling season in locked-down markets:
Record buyer interest.
This comes at the same time as actual property listings have collapsed to around 30% below average, according to CoreLogic:
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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.
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