Will rising inflation crash Australia’s property market?

Monday 31 January 2022

The below article was first published on News.com.au:

After rising a whopping 22% in 2021 – the strongest annual growth since 1989 – Australia’s house price boom has begun to run out of steam.

Price growth across Australia’s two largest and most unaffordable housing markets – Sydney and Melbourne – slowed significantly over the second half of 2021 – a trend that has continued into January 2022:

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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.