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Financial regulators are closely monitoring the recent jump in house prices and are ready to clamp down on property lending if banks take on too much risk.
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As loan deferrals get set to expire, thousands are going to face tough decisions as they struggle to make repayments on home and business loans.
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Opinion: Having home values outstrip income gains is precisely what we’ve designed the system to do.
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Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn says the drop in interest rates to record lows is fuelling home buyers’ confidence.
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A digital bank has gone live with its lowest ever advtertised rate – and the lowest fixed rate available in Australia, as of 25 January 2020.
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Westpac chief economist Bill Evans said there were clearly strong prospects for property prices.
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Mortgage deferrals slashed again (https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-mortgage-deferrals-loans-repayments-2021-1)
Australian mortgage deferrals have fallen to just a quarter of their peak, according to the latest APRA figures.
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The reality is that there is profit to be made through keeping people in debt and pushing them to the edge.
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Three major factors have underpinned the property markets and could contribute to a perfect storm that will have property markets performing strongly in 2021 an…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has effectively "green lit" risk-taking on property investment.
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Bank of Queensland chief executive George Frazis says first home buyers are piling into the market as the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis proves not as bad…
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Australia’s largest banks have put aside more than $7 billion in bad loan provisions related to COVID-19.
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