Just like many central banks around the world, New Zealand’s Reserve Bank, is making the cost of money higher to combat inflation by adjusting the OCR, the official cash rate. When this happens, our homes, our next home, share portfolio, managed funds, property or crypto portfolio – rising interest rates apply downward pressure on their value.

Today, my guest Jarrod Kerr, chief economist at Kiwibank talks to me about some of the signs and symptoms of an economic sickness that households, the economy, and the worldwide economy is going through right now. If we can understand the environment our property lives in a bit more, we should have a clearer picture on what comes next for house prices.

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