Australia's banking regulator will impose its first cap on high debt-to-income home loans from February, moving to curb ...

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's largest lender, believes demand for home loans is too high and is helping to ...

From February 1 2026, the Australian Prudential and Regulatory Authority (APRA) will make banks and other lenders limit the ...

Australia’s home-loan market can easily cope with another 50 basis points of interest-rate hikes without sparking a sharp increase in mortgage arrears, according to S&P Global Ratings. “Our ...

Australia's competition regulator has been directed by the country's federal government to investigate how banks set interest rates for deposits and home loans, the Australian Competition and Consumer ...

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The banking regulator will impose restrictions on home loans from early next year to limit the number of "high-risk" large ...

The prudential regulator’s crackdown on risky home lending is not expected to choke growth in the broader mortgage market.

The banking regulator is pushing to preempt a build up of riskier mortgage lending to both homeowners and investors as ...

In the case of Bank Australia, the move marks the second addition to its portfolio this year. The lender completed its merger with Qudos Bank in July .