This is the final in a series of four blogs on the impact of COVID-19 on the Australian population and residential housing market. For a long time, it was thought that growth in the Australian economy and the housing market was underpinned by overseas migration-driven, population growth. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and soon after the borders were effectively closed. Boom not bust For a long time, it was thought that growth in the Australian economy and the housing market was underpinned by overseas migration-driven, population growth. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and soon after the borders were effectively…
Tag: Overseas Migration
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Having undertaken population forecasts for more than two decades, clients at presentations would often ask me, “What’s the biggest risk with your forecasts”?…….. if there was a level of dissatisfaction with those comparatively banal answers, the response would be, “A pandemic”……