Property will overcome 'fear'
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Adam Smith
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12/08/2011 2:00:00 AM
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"Fear" is holding back the housing market, but recovery will come, an MPA Top 100 Broker has claimed.
Mario Borg of Mortgage Achievers in Melbourne has told Australian BrokerNews he expects the Victorian market to rebound over the next year. While auction clearance rates in the city have been tracking lower than last year, he said, inner city properties remain in high demand.
"It's patchy, as inner city suburbs are hovering around 70% clearance, and many properties are selling private, which is intentional by many vendors due to the current market environment," Borg commented.
While Borg said capital growth in the area had largely stagnated, he remained confident of a bounce-back in the market.
"Property has proven itself resilient through wars, 9/11, the GFC and so on," he commented. "Property should be a long-term proposition, and providing you have this view then you can't really get it wrong."
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