Property Buyers’ Plans Destroyed By “Higher For Longer” Rate Trends!

April 21, 2024 00:14:12
Property Buyers’ Plans Destroyed By “Higher For Longer” Rate Trends!
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Property Buyers’ Plans Destroyed By “Higher For Longer” Rate Trends!

Apr 21 2024 | 00:14:12

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Show Notes

The combination of high prices and interest rates is seeing affordability become extremely stretched at a time when cost-of-living pressures more generally are also constraining incomes, according to a recent Westpac Survey. In response, would-be buyers are pushing the timing of their planned purchases back – less than 10% expect to transact in the next 6mths, the lowest share across all survey waves. The prospective flow of first home buyers is showing the biggest response to these pressures, planned purchases down materially on last year. Just 2% of those surveyed expecting to become a first time owner in the next […]

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