The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday lifted the official cash rate (OCR) by 0.25% to 3.85%, adding around $110 to the monthly cost of servicing the average new mortgage of $700,000. To make matters worse, the forecasts presented in the February Statement of Monetary Policy (SoMP) show that the RBA does not expect
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