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."

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

We're short around 200k homes... China need 130 million

Wow, Phil Lowe told us recently that China would have 300-400m people moving to the cities within the next 20 years...That presumably explains Westpac's (or Phat Dragon's) estimate of China needing to build 150 million new homes by 2030. On the housing front, Westpac report that daily home sales are bouncing back strongly following the tightening measures imposed by the central authorities.

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