After beginning to slow at the turn of the year, house price growth has since got a second wind. We suspect the key driver behind that resurgence was the arrival of the third round of stimulus cheques, which drove up the saving rate and helped boost first-time buyer down payments by 12% between February and May. But with no more cheques on the horizon and the saving rate stabilising that support for house prices will dissipate, supporting our call that annual house price growth will soon peak.
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