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Mortgage 'tilt': Why it's harder to own your home sooner

Mortgage 'tilt': Why it's harder to own your home sooner

Update: 2025-11-09
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Historically, the cost of home loan payments as a proportion of income used to tilt down over time in a phenomenon known by economists as "mortgage tilt".

But there is much less tilt due to inflation and lower wages growth and that means more Australians are finding it harder to pay off their mortgage earlier.

  • Guest: Luci Ellis, Chief Economist at Westpac
  • Producers: Peter Martin and Jason Whittaker 
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Mortgage 'tilt': Why it's harder to own your home sooner

Mortgage 'tilt': Why it's harder to own your home sooner

Australian Broadcasting Corporation