Matthew Hassan, Research Analyst at Westpac, points out that Australian consumer expectations for house prices have deteriorated significantly over the last three quarters.
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“The Westpac Melbourne Institute Consumer House Price Expectations Index has fallen 13.6% since April hitting 112.5 in July, a new low since early 2016 and well below the long run avg of 127.5.”
“The weakness is over and above what is typically a downbeat time of year for housing market expectations – winter tends to see a significant cooling in price expectations – readings since 2009 suggesting this effect alone is worth about 3-4ppts on the national index.”
“As at July, over half of all consumers now expect prices to be unchanged or lower over the next year.”
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