Number of families with mortgage stress will reach one million by Christmas

mortgage applications

Source: AAP

Number of families with mortgage stress will increase at a faster rate once three of the Big Four banks increase their mortgage rates later this month


Around third of all owner-occupied houses in Australia are already in mortgage stress. The hikes in interest rate, rising living cost and low wage growth will probably increase the numbers.

Listen to economic expert Radwan Hamdan analysis in the link above


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