analytics

Slow Start to May

As predicted, we have experienced a slow start to May.  Before you get too shocked at the low result for May so far, remember that due to the timing of this report these stats were taken as of close of business Wednesday 11th of May.  Regardless, the month has started slowly and we believe that the start of the federal election campaign has had a considerable influence on this result.  History tells us that enquiries will remain suppressed until a couple of weeks after the election has been run and won.  Therefore disappointingly we don’t expect to receive the high level of enquiries we have experience for the early part of this year, until the second half of July at the earliest.

There is very positive news though, and that is the timing of the election.  A bulk of the election campaign will be during the usual quiet, period two weeks either side of the end of financial year.  Therefore approximately two weeks into the new financial year when enquiries tend to improve, the federal election will be well and truly behind us and we can kick on for the rest of the year.