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Interest rates are expected to drop but trying to out-think the market won’t guarantee getting a good deal

  • Written by: John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra

This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here.


With most economists expecting interest rates to start falling later this year, prospective home buyers might be weighing up whether to buy now for fear of strong competition for stock, or waiting until repayments are...

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