[TOP STORY] Repo rate 'cut of 1%-2% needed to revive property market'

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‘All the people we speak to do believe that in 2024 we’re likely to see rate cuts of ideally somewhere between 50 basis points and 150bps. So I do think there will definitely be some respite next year as inflation reaches that mid peak,’ says Rhys Dyer, CEO of ooba Home Loans.

22 Sep 2023 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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