Prices don't show house supply glut: RBA

Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens says there appears to be more equilibrium in supply and demand in the housing sector.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor, Glenn Stevens

Gradually rising house prices don't indicate an imminent supply glut says RBA governor Glenn Stevens (AAP)

Gradually rising house prices don't indicate any imminent supply glut, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens says.

Mr Stevens says despite reports of a impending glut of new homes, particularly in the apartment sector, prices are not dramatically changing, indicating more equilibrium between supply and demand.

"That sounds like a market working quite well. Whether that's what the market will look like in two years, I don't know," he told the Trans-Tasman Business Circle boardroom briefing in Sydney on Tuesday.


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