Will higher interest rates cause property prices to fall?

Investopoly · Mar 8, 2022 · 26m

Vocal market commentor and fund manager, Chris Joye wrote in the AFR in November last year that Australian house prices could fall by 15% to 25% after the RBA starts increasing interest rates (here’s a copy of that article).Of course, there are many property doomsayers that perpetually (and often inaccurately) predict property market crashes. However, Chris is not one of these people. In fact, Chris’ predictions are usually quite accurate. However, on this occasion, I disagree with his prediction, and I share the reasons why below.However, more importantly, I wanted to discuss what impact…