Rate Shadows Scares Buyers And Busts The Property Market Some More!

Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog

Oct 25 2026 | 00:17:28

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Show Notes

As the traditional spring selling season grinds on property listings are up by around one third on the previous week but fewer than half the homes listed for auction nationally sold in the past week as would-be buyers held back, worried about the increasing prospects of a fifth interest rate rise this year – possibly as soon as next week. And listings nationally are almost 42 per cent below what they were for the corresponding period last year. Despite this, we are still seeing property “experts” talking their own book, even as construction falls, and the bank of mum and dad […]

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