(Where there is an abundance of Property for sale)
1. Valuations are low
2. Serviceability is high
3. Oversupply of house and land packages Victoria, the country's biggest greenfield land market, is at the epicentre of the surge in defaults, with its cancellation rate hitting 27 per cent in the first quarter of the year, up from a 12 per cent default rate in the December 2018 quarter and just a 2 per cent fallover rate a year prior, according to land consultancy Research4. Alongside the surge in defaults, Research4 figures show that Melbourne lot sales tumbled to just 539 a month in the first quarter of the year, down from 2200 at the peak of the market in mid-2017. (Comments from AFR Article)