Regulation

The state government has urged for a review of housing tax settings, stating the capital gains tax discount unfairly advantages investors and erodes affordability.

The latest index by the non-bank has suggested that home loans are at their most unaffordable for the first time in five years. 

The government has established a taskforce to look into bank branch closures in regional communities.

With low interest rates and income support expected to soon disappear, the major bank has released a revised dwelling figure.

The ACCC has confirmed that three of the big four banks are now accredited data recipients under the Consumer Data Right.

The central bank has refused to budge from its inflation target range and time frame to raise rates while acknowledging that less accommodative monetary policy could curb house price and ...

The financial services regulator is taking the debt collection company to court, over allegations that it breached its credit licensee obligations and may have caused consumer harm.

The corporate regulator has revealed it bumped up new criminal litigations by 28 per cent and civil lawsuits by 66 per cent in the 2021 financial year.

A Nationals senator has faced criticism, after arguing Australians should be willing to cop higher mortgage costs to support lending to resources and energy companies.

The major bank has increased its projected forecast of Australian house prices for 2021.