Tag: interest rates

A spike in oil can rattle inflation, delay rate relief and hit confidence. But that does not automatically mean a housing slump.

A higher cash rate is meant to cool demand. But in housing, the bigger story may be what it does to supply, rents and the part of the market first-home buyers rely on most.

A fresh RBA hike, sticky inflation and an oil-driven global shock have changed the 2026 property script. The headline may look flat, but that is not how the next phase is likely to feel on the ground.

Higher rates are biting hard in one part of Australia. In another, they may be doing the opposite.