James Foster| Macro View| 7 November 2019 http://jamesfostermacro.blogspot.com/2019/11/upswing-in-australian-housing-finance.html The upswing in Australian housing finance owner-occupier approvals continued at pace in September rising by a sharp 3.6% on the month. On aggregate, the value of lending commitments…
Reserve Bank analysis shows that more Australians are getting a better deal on their home loans, despite banks being under fire for not passing on interest rates in full. That is because lenders are forced…
Madison Utley| Australian Broker| 15 October 2019 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/first-home-buyer-scheme-advances-to-next-step-267272.aspx The Senate has passed the legislation that will move the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme closer to becoming a reality. The passage of the bill, originally introduced…
Mike Bruce| The New Daily| 15 October https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/your-budget/2019/10/15/how-much-you-can-save-switching-loans/ Switching a mortgage from one of the big four banks to the lowest rate on the market will save almost $85,000 over the life of a $400,000…
Peter Martin| The Conversation| 1 October 2019 https://theconversation.com/0-75-is-a-record-low-but-dont-think-for-a-second-the-reserve-bank-has-finished-cutting-the-cash-rate-124499 Anyone who thought that with the Reserve Bank’s cash rate now close to zero, its run of interest rate cuts was over, needs only to read the…
Mark Humphrey-Jenner| The Conversation| 14 October 2019 https://theconversation.com/four-questions-about-mortgages-the-accc-inquiry-should-put-to-the-big-four-banks-125224 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission conducted an inquiry into mortgage pricing as recently as last year. Now Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has asked it to do another,…
Phillip Coorey| Australian Financial Review| 14 October 2019 https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/big-banks-face-new-accc-pricing-probe-20191013-p5307r Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has charged the consumer watchdog with investigating the refusal of the banks to pass on in full the recent spate of interest rate…
Tens of thousands of aspiring homeowners are likely to miss out on a new government scheme that would allow them to purchase a home with a 5 per cent deposit. The new First Home Loan…
The recent property downturn was unique – and this period of growth is unique too. For the first time, the recent downturn was driven by changes to credit policy (not interest rates or unemployment). Similarly,…
Charbel Kadib| Mortgage Business| 3 September 2019 https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/13765-credit-curbs-in-sight-as-housing-rebound-accelerates Regulators could consider a fresh round of macro-prudential measures to keep debt levels at bay, according to one analyst, amid the growing possibility of a “V-shaped” recovery…
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