Economy

If Australian Parliament passes legislation to extend the remit of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s to cover non-banks, it would make RMBS deals less risky and “credit ...

Following the news that the federal government will provide $2.6 million to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to “apply controls” to the non-bank sector, several non-bank ...

The banking arm of a major financial services company has recorded a 5 per cent rise in its mortgage book in the first quarter of the year.

The ratings agency has warned that measures announced by the government to improve Australia’s housing affordability problem will not fix the “build-up of latent risks” in the housing market

The federal budget’s proposal to establish a complaints authority and banking executive accountability regime has been welcomed by stakeholders, who believe that it will quash calls for a ...

A leading property research company has argued that the federal government has “no intention” of reducing foreign investment in property, despite the budget “dripping with rhetoric of ...

New data has revealed improving conditions in regional Queensland property, which according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland shows the area is “nurturing green shoots of recovery”

The 2017 federal budget included a raft of measures to improve housing affordability. But will any of these measures actually improve the situation?

The federal government has unveiled a range of measures that aim to make the banking industry more competitive, including allowing ADIs with less than $50 million in capital to call ...

The Treasurer has released the federal budget for 2017/18, which includes a range of measures that aim to make the housing market more affordable, as well as moves targeting banks.