Investors set to benefit
Sep 29, 2022
3 minutes
Normally, the news that residential property prices are falling - meaning the market is starting to favour buyers ahead of sellers - would be met with a sigh of relief by those trying to buy their first home.
But fast rising interest rates, imposed by the Reserve Bank to curb galloping inflation, have thrown first home buyers a curve ball. Some will no longer be eligible for a mortgage and even if they do qualify many fear they won't be able to meet ever-rising mortgage payments.
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