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Buyers and renters are between "a rock and a hard place" as rising inflation and interest rates interact with low housing supply in markets.
INFLATION
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Abrupt RBA turnaround as interest rates lifted just months after last cut (Australian Property Investor Magazine)
After a series of 2025 rate cuts and a property price surge, the Reserve Bank has abruptly reversed course, lifting rates less than six months after its last cu…
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RBA holds but odds swing towards a hike before a cut in 2026 (Australian Property Investor Magazine)
Recent expectations of an end-of-year rate cut were extinguished by the RBA on Tuesday but borrowers may want to brace for an uptick in repayments in 2026.
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Inflation hike extinguishes hope of another interest rate cut this year (Australian Property Investor Magazine)
The inflation beast that the RBA thought it had tamed has reawakened and it spells bad news for homeowners and renters alike.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has attacked the coalition's economic record after the opposition raised the spectre of stagflation following a horror consumer price res…
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Borrowers have every reason to feel frightened this Halloween, with the latest ghoulish inflation figure likely to scare the RBA away from a rate cut next week.…
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Borrowers hoping for an interest rate reprieve will have to wait a while longer, perhaps even until 2026.
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An influential global economic organisation is warning central banks to be vigilant about inflation, as it fires a broadside at Donald Trump's political interfe…
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Have you wondered how the Reserve Bank of Australia came up with its "2-3 per cent" target for inflation?
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Watchful RBA cuts interest rates but keeps eyes on global economic issues (Australian Property Investor Magazine)
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered interest rates by 0.25 per cent but warned further cuts were not inevitable in the face of economic uncertainties.
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Australia’s headline inflation rate in the second quarter of the year slipped to its lowest point since March 2021, coming in at 2.1% year over year.
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While core inflation edged up slightly in April, one industry expert believes the modest increase is unlikely to be a cause for alarm for the RBA.
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