Is it about to get easier to buy a house?

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of the property market in light of interest rate deliberations and economic warnings.

Today the Reserve Bank starts its deliberations about whether to hike interest rates once again. Meanwhile NAB seems to have disappointed with its results, warning about the state of the economy. And there’s a mixed report card from this week’s property auctions. So just how fragile is the property market right now? Carrington Clarke and ABC Business Reporter Steph Chalmers break it all down on ABC Business Daily. Got a burning business question? We'd love to hear your questions! If there’s business and economic news that has you stumped or you'd like further insight into, we're here to help. Send a short voice recording to Carrington and the team at abcbusinessdaily@abc.net.au and we'll attempt to answer it.

People in this episode

Host: Carrington Clarke

Guest: Steph Chalmers

Topics covered

• property market
• interest rates
• economic state
• housing market
• property auctions

Keywords

• property market
• interest rates
• NAB
• Reserve Bank
• housing
• economic news
• property auctions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reserve Bank, NAB, ABC Business Daily, ABC Australia

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