Analysts said house prices would have to tumble by more than 20 per cent just to offset the impact of official interest rates reaching almost 3 per cent by year’s end as financial markets are predicting. | swrighteconomy property realestate
Housing across the country will become less affordable this year and next even as prices fall, with a leading ratings agency warning strong wages growth will not be enough to offset the impact of higher mortgage interest rates.
Moody’s said that in May, Australian households with two incomes needed 26.8 per cent of their monthly income to meet the repayments on a new mortgage loan. In January, they required 25.7 per cent. Such an increase would add almost $300 to the monthly repayments on an $800,000 mortgage. That would be on top of the $650 a month in extra repayments from the increase in interest rates since May 4.increased the minimum wage for the 2022-23 financial year by 5.2 per cent
“Rising interest rates will overshadow higher incomes in addition to housing price declines,” Moody’s found.
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