ABS figures put June unemployment at 7.4 per cent, a 22 year high and up from 7.1 per cent the previous month, driven largely by more Australians looking for work. Peter Koulizos said the housing market would withstand the deterioration, citing PIPA research on price growth after past recessions. Analysts nonetheless expected values to fall by 5 to 10 per cent through 2020 and into 2021.
Reported by
Charbel Kadib, Mortgage Business, 17 July 2020
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