Where investors will hunt in the looming property downturn

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of interest rate hikes on the property market and the resilience of entry-level housing demand.

You can’t have a run of interest rate hikes and expect property to shoot out the lights. The chances are we are going to see a price slowdown in the major cities later this year…especially at the top end. But a string of factors point to serious resilience at the other end of the market. Independent housing analyst, Eliza Owen, joins Associate Editor, James Kirby in this episode  In today’s show, we cover: The key factors keeping demand strongest at the entry level How the 5% home deposit scheme skewed house prices A new CGT discount rate of 33% is now the most likely Budget change The problem with ‘grandfathering’  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: James Kirby

Guest: Eliza Owen

Topics covered

• property market
• interest rates
• housing demand
• CGT discount
• real estate analysis
• market resilience

Keywords

• property downturn
• interest rate hikes
• housing prices
• 5% home deposit scheme
• CGT discount rate
• grandfathering

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Australian

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