Lack of property listings creating extreme FOMO

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According to Domain, new property listings has collapsed “because vendors fear they, in turn, won’t be able to find anything to buy”:

“There’s so much pent-up demand out there but while vendors are all thinking it’s a good time to sell, they know it isn’t a good time to buy,” said Nick Boyd, head of growth at Belle Property Australasia. “It’s like a traffic jam. No one can move and more and more buyers are joining in the backlog.

“Sellers know they’ll get a fantastic price as we’ve seen stunning price growth over the last nine months, but that can equally put a hesitation into the sellers’ minds knowing there might not be much out there for them”…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.