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Fourth interest rate hike looms even as analysts predict house prices could fall 10%

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Fourth interest rate hike looms even as analysts predict house prices could fall 10%

Cotality data reveals property prices are now falling in more than 90% of Australian suburbs, while analysts expect market downturn to continue Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The prospect of the steepest property market downturn in history will not stop the Reserve Bank from delivering a fourth interest rate hike as it battles to bring inflation back under control , economists say.

New data from Cotality revealed house prices are now falling in more than 90% of Australian suburbs, amid a perfect storm of higher borrowing costs, a weak economy, and a once-in-a-generation change in the tax treatment of property investors.

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