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A riddle resolved: Do interest rates affect property prices?

The numbers have been crunched and an answer reached on whether higher or lower interest rates have a correlation to property prices - and the results may surprise.

Businessperson's hand protecting balance between percentage red cubic block and house model on wooden seesaw
the long-standing debate around the relationship between house prices and interest rates has been reignited - and potentially resolved. (Image source: Shutterstock.com)

Interest rates – they’re impossible to escape.

With 12 interest rate rises in the last 13 months, it’s on the tips of everyone’s tongues, dominating the news cycle and impacting decisions to purchase a new home or grow investment portfolios.

And with the interest rate rises, the long-standing debate around the relationship between house prices and interest rates has been reignited.

But is there actually a relationship between house prices and …

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