Aussie mortgage holders face 'property glut' as COVID-19 wreaks long-term damage

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Australia's property market could be left with a glut of stock as mortgage repayment holidays run out and government economic lifelines run dry. 9News

"You are far better off to be in control of your destiny than allowing the bank to take control as they will act in their own interest and that of their shareholders.""There is no advantage in holding off and hoping, when we don't know what the market will likely be after the stimulus payments stop," he said.Data from Digital Finance Analytics shows 37.5 per cent of borrowing households are in mortgage stress, equating to around 1.4 million households.

Mortgage stress is typically defined as when repayments exceed 30 per cent of a household's income, however DFA works on the basis of total cash in, cash out. Of the 1.4 million households, more than 10 per cent are deemed to be in "severe stress" with the probability of defaulting on their mortgage as likely within two to three years.

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LesStonehouse The banking cartels caused the economic crash, they got bailed out by the people, the people who all lost their jobs! Instead of doing what Iceland did which was JAIL the banksters, nationalise bank, bail out the people with debt jubilees & evict corrupt pollies. we get Austerity

Great, let the prices drop. Housing should never have been a speculative bubble. Very negative for a society.

I blame twump, twuuuump!!! Froth, screech, hiss okkaren

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