What will happen to property prices if interest rates keep rising?
With property prices falling and the full impact of higher interest rates yet to be felt, investors need to look beyond the RBA’s next move.
Today’s debt levels, financial system and inflation environment are very different from high interest rate periods such as occurred in the 1990s. (Image source: Slow Walker/Shutterstock.com)
Australians who own property have been keeping a keen eye on one number in particular this year, namely the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) cash rate that determines whether borrower interest rates will rise or fall.
After a period of falling interest rates and renewed optimism in the property market, the RBA has seemingly changed direction.
Four rate increases
during 2026 have taken the cash rate from 3.60 per cent at the beginning of the year…
