Tuesday 23 November 2021

Mortgage stress plunges to all-time low

Stress dissipates

As many of us have been pointing out for 18 months...mortgage stress is actually at record low levels, across the borrowing cohorts.



Source: Roy Morgan Research

It makes absolute sense, of course.

Household incomes have increased, mortgage rates fell to record lows, and households are sitting on a record war chest of cash and deposits. 

Why wouldn't stress be low for most borrowers?