RateCity.com.au found a single person, earning $100,000 before tax with no dependents and no debts is likely to see the maximum amount they can borrow from the bank drop by around $20,000 on the back of Tuesday’s 0.25 per cent cash rate hike.
By May next year, the same person’s borrowing capacity (the maximum amount they can borrow from the bank) could drop by a total of $123,400 if the cash rate soars to 2.25 per cent.
The RBA has estimated a 2 percentage point increase in interest rates, which is now considered likely by many economists, could lower real housing prices by approximately 15 per cent over two years.