Houses overvalued by up to 30 per cent, says ex-RBA official

From Christopher Joye:

One of Australia’s top economic experts, Jeremy Lawson, says the ­housing market is 20 per cent to 30 per cent overvalued and has left Australia vulnerable to a big international ­economic shock.

Mr Lawson is the global chief ­economist of Standard Life, a massive British fund manager with $460 billion in assets under management. He was previously a senior economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and the OECD, and in 2007 advised then ­opposition leader Kevin Rudd…

Read more at Houses overvalued by up to 30 per cent, says ex-RBA official.