Relief for mortgage holders as Reserve Bank pauses interest rates - for now

RBA RATES ANNOUNCEMENT

Pedestrians walk past the Reserve Bank of Australia’s head office in Sydney. Source: AAP / BIANCA DE MARCHI

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Mortgage holders will be feeling some relief after the Reserve Bank Board paused consecutive hikes to the interest rate for the first time in 10 months.

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