Some people might remember Steve Keen’s bold prediction about the collapse of the housing market. Now he is in a right pickle. The Charles Sturt (property) newsletter reports.
Sixteen months ago Mr Keen made a bet with Macquarie Group interest rate strategist Rory Robertson after claiming that house prices would dive by 40% when the GFC was at its worst.
Fortunately his predictions didn’t eventuate, and now Mr Keen will deliver on his promise to walk 224km from Canberra to the top of Australia’s highest mountain, Mt Kosciuszko. It remains to be seen whether he will wear a t-shirt saying “I was hopelessly wrong on home prices! Ask me how.”
Dr Keen was way off the mark. Australian home prices bottomed out by 5.5% from their peak in late 2008. Read the rest of this entry »