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Severe COVID lockdowns cost home sellers and landlords millions

Melbourne home sellers and landlords lost up to $55 million a week as sales prices and rents declined after the second severely restrictive COVID-19 lockdown (July 2020) to attract buyers and renters who were relocating to less restrictive lockdowns outside the city, a QUT-led study has found. The f...

Severe COVID lockdowns cost home sellers and landlords millions
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Melbourne home sellers and landlords lost up to $55 million a week as sales prices and rents declined after the second severely restrictive COVID-19 lockdown (July 2020) to attract buyers and renters who were relocating to less restrictive lockdowns outside the city, a QUT-led study has found. The findings are published in the journal Real Estate Economics.

Originally published at Phys.org

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