Housing

21/03/2017

It now looks like tougher restrictions on Australian property investors will be introduced

It looks like tighter restrictions on Australian property investors may be on the way with the head of Australia’s banking regulator, APRA, telling markets to “watch this space”. Speaking at a regulatory conference in Sydney on Monday, Wayne Byres, chairman of APRA, said that a combination of high and rapidly rising property prices in major cities, record household debt, slow wages growth and strong competitive pressures among lenders was creating an “environment of heightened risk”, according to Bloomberg. “That’s a […]

09/03/2017

The 10 words that may signal a gathering storm for housing investors in Australia

“Supervisory measures have contributed to some strengthening of lending standards.” This 10-word sentence from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Australia’s housing market in its March monetary policy statement could signal something important. It seems to be a step back from the more confident tone expressed just one month earlier when it said “supervisory measures have strengthened lending standards and some lenders are taking a more cautious attitude to lending in certain segments”. “Some” strengthening. Like many of our […]