Credible analysts, increasingly, are making forecasts for Australian property prices which contradict the sensationalist and alarmist predictions we have seen from media in recent months.

More and more sensible commentators are suggesting that any post-boom correction in residential property prices will be moderate and that many locations will continue to deliver solid growth.

They are also commenting that the general media theme that rising interest rates cause property markets to collapse is unreasonable and not based on historical precedents.