Look No Home Loan! Another Market Distortion!

Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog

Mar 13 2024 | 00:10:04

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Show Notes

PEXA just released their second edition of their Cash Purchases Report which highlights residential property transactions that were funded entirely with cash. That is, residential properties purchased without a home loan. The share of mortgage-free transactions rose by 2.9 percentage points to 28.5 per cent of all home sales. And this is important, because it helps to explain the apparent contradiction between the rise in property prices at a time when mortgage interest rates have also risen, a weird combination to say the least. Some migrants, from the near 1 million arriving, come with sufficient cash to buy, as well […]

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