Have mortgage rates already bottomed?

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By Leith van Onselen

Jonathan Shapiro has penned a piece today in The AFR arguing that home loan rates are heading higher in 2017, particularly for higher loan-to-value ratio borrowers, as global interest rates rise, competition eases, and tighter capital rules bite.

The article quotes Digital Finance Analytic’s Martin North:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.