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."

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Sydney dwelling values start rising again: up +0.7 percent (s.a.) for December quarter

You can read about the latest RP Data-Rismark house price index results here. Interesting to see both the capital city and regional indices for November revise up further, although the flash estimate for December is more tricky to disentangle at this stage given seasonally low sales volumes.

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