2025 started slowly for house prices - and the absence of a second rate cut mid -year might have cooled sentiment - but economists are now upgrading their forecasts as prices move significantly higher.Bank of Queensland is now calling a 6 per cent price increase for houses across the nation this year and next year.

Peter Monckton, chief economist at Bank of Queensland joins Associate Editor - Wealth, James Kirby in this episode.

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