{"id":3475,"date":"2023-05-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2023-05-10T13:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T03:30:27","slug":"interest-rate-hike-whiplash-for-mortgage-holders-says-reiq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/interest-rate-hike-whiplash-for-mortgage-holders-says-reiq\/","title":{"rendered":"Interest Rate Hike Whiplash For Mortgage Holders, Says REIQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The REIQ says last month\u2019s pause in interest rate hikes has proven to be a short-lived relief for mortgage holders, as the RBA has today hiked the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% \u2013 the highest level since April 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REIQ COO Dean Milton said the RBA\u2019s decision to forge ahead with its aggressive tightening cycle would weigh heavily on homeowners and investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have seen regulatory chaos from State and Federal Governments, and whiplashing back to another interest rate rise only adds to this pain,\u201d Mr Milton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s barely been time for the market to absorb the lagged impact of the previous 10 consecutive rises and reassess the approach based on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEqually, it\u2019s difficult to see how would-be buyers can catch a break when their borrowing capacity has been on such unsteady footing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Milton said economic conditions were already stifling future supply and pushing the dream of home ownership further out of reach for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBuilding approvals for houses are down which will have impacts on short-to-medium term supply, and lending statistics are also showing buyer activity is continuing on a downward trend,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInflation in Queensland is being driven by inelastic goods and services such as electricity up 32.5% and health up 6% for the quarter, which interest rates do nothing to quell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time for state, federal and local governments to do their part in fighting inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFiscal policy needs to match monetary policy, and what we need now is action to remove impediments to new housing supply, investment in social housing, and a focus on overall spending to ensure it does not lead to further increases in inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On another note, he said the recent recommendations from the RBA review were welcomed by the REIQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe welcome the refresh of the RBA which brings it in to line with other major central banks around the world \u2013 more transparency is always welcome,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was contributed by REIQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more information at: https:\/\/www.reiq.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original article source: https:\/\/www.reiq.com\/articles\/interest-rate-hike-whiplash-for-mortgage-holders-says-reiq\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The REIQ says last month\u2019s pause in interest rate hikes has proven to be a short-lived relief for mortgage holders, as the RBA has today hiked the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% \u2013 the highest level since April 2012. REIQ COO Dean Milton said the RBA\u2019s decision to forge ahead with its aggressive tightening cycle would weigh heavily on homeowners and investors. \u201cWe have seen regulatory chaos from State and Federal Governments, and whiplashing back to another interest rate rise only adds to this pain,\u201d Mr Milton said. \u201cThere\u2019s barely been time for the market to absorb the lagged impact of theRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1279,"featured_media":3476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false},"categories":[3,7,29,53],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3479,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions\/3479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}