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Eleanor Pringle

Jerome Powell and the Fed have accidentally jammed the property market

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve (Credit: Al Drago—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Jerome Powell and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) have got a job to do—regardless of what the markets or consumers might want. Unfortunately for the property sector, Powell’s rates strategy has thrown a significant spanner in the works.

Consumers are hanging on to properties they purchased a couple of years ago at lower mortgage rates instead of purchasing a new pad at higher rates, a new report has revealed.

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