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House prices survived the last interest-rate rise. Will they this time?

economist.com 20.09.2026 11:05 4 views
Supports that shored up the housing market when borrowing costs last rose are gone

Unlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newsletters Unlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newsletters House prices survived the last interest-rate rise. Supports that shored up the housing market when borrowing costs last rose are gone R ISING BOND yields imperil government finances. They will also change the housing market.

The interest rate on most American mortgages, after all, closely tracks the ten-year yield on Treasuries, now around 5% and the highest in two decades, German mortgage lenders price off long-term bunds, and so on in other rich economies. If interest rates remain high, let alone rise further, a confluence of factors could spell a long period of weakness for house prices. The GDP-per-person slowdown threatens global living standards Brazil, China, Germany and Russia have recently joined an unfortunate club How fast are AI investments translating into broader gains?

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