House prices’ resilience to another interest-rate rise
The Economist says mortgage holders have less protection than during the last shock, when households were unusually well insulated.
TLDR
The Economist says house prices survived the last interest-rate rise but questions whether they will this time. It reports that the supports that shored up the housing market when borrowing costs last rose are gone, and says mortgage holders now have less protection.
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