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, December 23, 2010

Auction clearance rate dipping on seasonal slow-down

While the housing market looks to be flat-lining, or possibly softening a touch (as we have been forecasting), you have to be careful not to get head-faked by weak seasonal data at this time of the year. December and January and seasonally very weak months for everything relating to housing... Nonetheless, here's last weekend's data.

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