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Mortgage stress risk to rise if RBA hikes: Roy Morgan

As another interest rate increase looms, more mortgage holders are at risk of facing mortgage stress, Roy Morgan has found.

Most borrowers ready for a rate rise: RBA

The majority of mortgage holders are already maintaining higher loan repayments than required and won’t be shaken by a ...

New credit crackdown in sight amid RBA-fuelled rebound

The housing market’s sensitivity to the RBA’s easing strategy could trigger a new wave of lending restrictions from APRA, ...

New RBA deputy governor appointed

The newly appointed deputy governor of Australia’s central bank has more than 30 years of experience with the Bank of England

New RBA governor announced

The federal government has confirmed who will take over the reins as governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia following ...

Non-banks increase high LTI lending: RBA

Non-banks increased their exposure to higher loan-to-income (LTI) mortgages after banks were forced to tighten serviceability ...

October cash rate hike open for debate, amid RBA minutes

The central bank’s September minutes revealed that while the board “saw a case for a slower pace of increases” as becoming ...

Official cash rate at 3.6%: RBA

The central bank has moved to further lift the cash rate, bringing it to its highest level in over a decade. 

Online searches ‘crystal ball’ early financial stress: RBA

Social media searches are helping the central bank flag home loan arrears much sooner, the RBA has revealed.

Outsized rate rise to steepen property downturn: Bluestone

This week’s higher-than-expected cash rate rise will introduce a new fear factor for property buyers, an economist has warned

Pause excluded in February rate hike decision: RBA

Only a cash rate hike to start 2023 was considered, the central bank’s monetary policy minutes have revealed.

Payments to rise by 60% for 14% of fixed-rate borrowers: RBA

Ten per cent of borrowers who have rolled off fixed rates since May 2022 have seen repayments rise by more than 60 per cent, ...

Prime Minister ‘welcomes’ RBA rate pause

Anthony Albanese has welcomed the July cash rate decision, with the government stating it believes inflation has peaked and ...

Rate hikes ‘working as intended’: RBA

As the Reserve Bank’s decision to halt the cash rate was influenced by favourable inflation data, economists widely ...

Rate hikes could ‘lower’ repayments: RBA

The RBA says new home owners could benefit from lower mortgage repayments as rate hikes reduce property prices.

Rate hikes will ‘undoubtedly harm home owners’, Hume CEO says

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s November rate hike will put further pressure on mortgagors, according to Hume Bank chief ...

Rate moves not considered in March meeting, RBA reveals

The March minutes have shown the central bank did not deliberate on hiking or cutting the official cash rate.

Rate pause was ‘always on the cards’: RBA

Instability in the global banking system did not reroute the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy path, according to the deputy ...

RBA ‘doesn’t expect inflation to be back to 2–3% until the end of 2025’

Michele Bullock has addressed the recent decision to hold the cash rate at the Rotary Club of Armidale Annual Lecture.

RBA ‘leaves door open’ to further cuts

The central bank has not ruled out further adjustments to the cash rate, with a third cut forecast for as early as August

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