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2025 property market boom or bust dependent on interest rates

An expected interest rate cute in early 2025 could result in another property market boom, but the likes of Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne would experience relatively strong declines if they don't materialise.

North Sydney, with rugby fields in foreground and Sydney Harbour in background.
Whether property markets are kicking goals or losing ground will likely all come down to one economic variable. (Image source: Shutterstock.com)

Whether or not Australian real estate markets soar or struggle is almost entirely down to whether or not interest rates are cut in 2025.

That’s the finding of SQM Research, which on Tuesday released its Christopher’s Housing Boom and Bust Report 2025 that concluded Perth was set for another bumper year

regardless, while property prices in Sydney and Melbourne would likely retreat by up to 5 per cent.

The report factored in a series of potential…

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