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Australian households are yet to feel the full impact from the Reserve Bank’s tightening cycle on mortgage repayments, with economists tipping the first half of 2024.
Australian households are yet to feel the full impact from the Reserve Bank’s tightening cycle on mortgage repayments, with economists tipping the first half of 2024.
Thanks to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s extraordinary decision to hammer unsuspecting households with 125 basis points of mortgage rate increases in just two months (from May 4 to July 6).
The number of distressed residential listings jumped by more than 10 per cent across NSW in June over the previous month, as vendors struggled to get a sale amid low demand triggered by higher interest rates.
The turn in the US housing market has been sharp and swift. Just ask Karlyn and Jack Stenhjem, would-be downsizers who dropped the asking price for their home near Seattle by almost $US100,000 ($147,000) since May.
Sydney house prices have dropped by 1 per cent through May in the largest monthly decline since January 2019.
Home owners who bought in Sydney or Melbourne in the past few months are facing a heightened risk of falling into negative equity, especially if they bought their properties with a low-deposit mortgage.
The great house price correction has begun: the all-regions (metro plus non-metro) national dwelling value index published by CoreLogic declined by 0.1 per cent last month.
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