Economy

The Reserve Bank has revealed its cash rate verdict for September, following its monthly board meeting.

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 in the ...

The non-major has announced changes to the bank’s leadership transition plans, following the resignation of its acting chief executive.

APRA has released a revamped version of its monthly banking statistics, reporting mortgage portfolio contractions of approximately $2.7 billion across three of the major banks.

Yellow Brick Road has announced that it has secured a $120-million residential mortgage-backed securities securitisation warehouse facility as it continues its focus on mortgages.

The number of dwellings approved in July contracted by 9.7 per cent over the month and 28.5 per cent over the year, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown. 

Climate change has become an important consideration in the property process, with more buyers assessing its potential impact before locking in their desired home.

Financial markets are increasingly expecting the Australian cash rate to slip into negative territory, according to the chief economist of a global investment firm.

The federal election in May this year created a “distortion” in home sales, according to the chief economist of HIA, who noted that the recent quarterly improvement in sales is not ...

Concerns about rising mortgage debt among Australians aged 55-plus have been mounting, with a new report stating that loan balances have ballooned by 600 per cent since the late 1980s.