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Rate hike won’t derail housing market

Monday 5th of March 2007
However economists say the likely rate hike is unlikely to totally derail the housing market because the majority of households have fixed rate mortgages, and this dampens the effect of monetary policy.

January dwelling consents indicated that the housing construction pipeline will remain supportive of the housing market, which is proving resilient to higher interest rates. Migration da...
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