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

Johanna Leggatt is the Lead Editor for Forbes Advisor, Australia. She has more than 20 years' experience as a print and digital journalist, including with Australian Associated Press (AAP) and The Sun ...

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

From February 1 2026, the Australian Prudential and Regulatory Authority (APRA) will make banks and other lenders limit the share of new home loans with a high debt-to-income ratio – above or equal to ...

Jo Davy has over 12 years' experience as a journalist and editor for major print and digital news publishers in Australia and the UK. She has written for The Age, Herald Sun, Domain and City Matters ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Resurging inflation and low chances of interest rates are likely to hurt prospective first-time buyers’ hopes of breaking ...

Australian home prices jumped in November but gains in Sydney and Melbourne slowed, as expectations there would be no ...