ASB forecasts house prices to fall nearly 40%

ASB forecasts house prices to fall nearly 40%
Staff reporters
ASB Bank is now predicting that the peak-to-trough fall in house prices “is likely to be nearer 40%” after inflation.The bank’s forecast is that nominal prices will fall 25% from their late 2021 peak and will trough in mid-2024, with inflation, currently running at an annual 7.2%, doing the rest of the work.ASB said if its forecast proves correct, that will erode most but not all of the post-covid gains in house prices – they rose more than 40% between March 2020 and November 2021.The Real Estate Institute’s latest...