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Soaring house prices won’t prevent further easing

Australia’s house prices rose the most in a decade last quarter and leading indicators suggest they will keep growing at an annual rate of more than 10%. However, there are no signs that households are responding to rising housing wealth by spending more. And with housing credit growth set to remain very weak, we think the RBA will cut interest rates further at its February meeting.

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