Regulation

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

The chair of the competition watchdog has reignited the debate on reforming merger laws, suggesting it is crucial to protecting competition.

EXCLUSIVE: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has highlighted housing taxes as a key issue ahead of the federal election, despite Labor abandoning its previous calls to scrap negative gearing.

More Victorian rental properties will be eligible for a 50 per cent land tax discount following the state government’s expansion of its building incentive scheme.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched a civil lawsuit against CBA and CommSec, for allegedly failing to pay workers a collective $16.4 million.

The benefits of supporting stability via lending restrictions could outweigh the resulting costs to competition among the banks, the Reserve Bank has said.

Calming down the Australian property market will require pre-emptive but delicate action from the regulators, an executive director from Connective has said.

Residential real estate is now estimated to be worth over a record $9 trillion, just five months after reaching $8 trillion in value, according to CoreLogic.

First home buyers could be hit the hardest by the latest round of credit tightening by APRA, according to some in the housing industry.

More than 50,000 people have signed up for the government’s home-ownership schemes for first home buyers and single parents, since they commenced last year.