Phew! Victoria saves the day! (HIA/Zappone nonsense)
Posted by admin | Posted in Australian Housing & Economy | Posted on 31-05-2010-05-2008
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Remember to stress the word “new” when reading the latest example of selective stat quoting from Zappone.
Remember to stress the word “new” when reading the latest example of selective stat quoting from Zappone.
Christopher Joye reckons the apparent faltering of the housing bubble is in fact a “long-anticipated cooling” … but if it really is the case that everyone “knew” house prices were set to ease, why did so many people rush to out-bid one another last year?
Could this be the start of the implosion? Please RBA, raise rates now!
Now is the time, RBA, to raise rates. Record house lisings in Melbourne as the ponzi scheeme nears the end game and the greedy get out, plus a rate rise or so might mean a softer landing now c/f if you wait longer.
Bring it on.
Even APM can’t put a positive on the latest clearance rates. Shame on the RBA for those punitive rate hikes.
last weekend dropped to 67%, prices still absurdly high…
The reason for this is?…
If the Chinese Govt can see the socio-economic problems a housing bubble causes AND do something about it, why can’t the RBA do the same here? “The nationwide average ratio of housing price to household income in China was 9.1 in 2009, compared with 4.74 for the UK and 3.09 for the US, said Yao, citing statistics from a research on China’s property market”.