The author has been described by News Ltd as an "iconoclast", "Svengali", a pollie's "economist muse", and "pungently accurate". Fairfax says he is a "Renaissance man" and "one of Australia’s most respected analysts." Stephen Koukoulas concludes that he is "85% right", and "would make a great Opposition leader." Terry McCrann claims the author thinks "‘nuance’ is a trendy village in the south of France", but can be "scintillating" when he thinks "clearly". The ACTU reckons he’s "an enigma wrapped in a Bloomberg terminal, wrapped in some apparently well-honed abs."

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Housing market cooling

The latest auction results from RP Data provide us all the evidence we require to know that house price growth is going to slow right down. Melbourne's clearance rate has now slipped below 70 per cent, while Sydney's looks almost weak at 63 per cent.

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