COVID-19 and the property market
March 30, 2020
With unpredictability around the ongoing pandemic COVID-19 and the potential onset of a recession there is some uncertainty around property values. The good news is that history has shown that the housing market performs relatively well with economic shocks compared to the share market according to CoreLogic’s head of Australian research Eliza Owen.
Ms Owen also commented on the housing market being ‘far less volatile’ than share markets, with a view that coronavirus would not cause a major collapse in pricing although there may be a decline in property transactions.
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