Healthy inflation data should help ease mortgage pain

ASX on knife-edge as investors wait for proof that RBA will cut rates

The S&P/ASX 200 will open flat in the lead up to figures expected to show inflation back in the central bank’s target range for the first time in years.

Healthy inflation data should help ease mortgage pain

Quarterly numbers are expected to show inflation has drifted into the Reserve Bank's target range to set up...

Mortgage stress drops after first RBA rate cut in February - Financial Newswire

The latest data from Australian research firm, Roy Morgan, has indicated that the number of mortgage holders ‘At Risk’ of mortgage stress has declined for the second consecutive month by 1.2 per cent, following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA’s) first policy easing decision in over four years. After the RBA’s 0.25 per cent rate cut to 4.1 per cent in February, the share of mortgage holders considered by Roy Morgan to be ‘At Risk’ of mortgag…

Banks report increased demand for mortgages for first time since 2021

Reserve Bank's latest credit conditions survey shows while mortgage demand has increased, poor economic conditions and higher unemployment rates are likely to remain headwinds