Want to know what’s happening to the housing markets around Australia? Well, this monthly collection of charts from CoreLogic paints an interesting picture. Our property markets turned the corner earlier this year and despite 13 interest rate increases property prices have kept rising for 10 months in a row. Just as 2023 defied the forecasts…
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