Investors

The central bank has investigated the notion that investors pass on higher mortgage costs to their tenants.

An increase in the number of builders entering administration has led the state government to issue a warning to those investing in construction projects.

Investors in the ACT have warned they will pull out of the local market in light of proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act.

Higher risk lending could become less profitable for the banks, with new standards to require more capital set aside for interest-only and investor loans.

Nearly 5,000 properties were taken to auction last week, reaching a new record high, but clearance rates continue to decline.

The aggregator has released an analysis of almost 4,000 suburbs that require a median deposit of $100,000 at most.

Rates up, house prices down — but home buyers and investors are “jockeying” for an advantageous marketplace position, says CoreLogic economist Tim Lawless.

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

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The Morrison government has released its federal budget for the new financial year, including a range of initiatives targeting home ownership.

More than 4,000 properties were taken to auction last week, but the clearance rate has fallen to below 70 per cent, according to CoreLogic.

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The first steps for e-conveyancing reform and regulation will roll out from early 2022, according to a ministerial statement.

Up to 15 per cent of current households would have been able to enter the property market in the 1990s but are now forced out, an economist has said.

Fewer borrowers are now requiring financial assistance to meet their loan repayments, according to the banking association.

The share of new lending with high debt-to-income ratios rose in the September quarter, the prudential regulator has noted.

Both owner-occupier and investment housing lending increased in September, reflecting strong borrower demand boosted by low rates, according to new data.

National residential property listings decreased by one-fifth over the year to December, according to SQM Research data.

The property price growth trend continued in October, according to CoreLogic, but the pace of growth may be losing momentum.

The major bank has bumped up its 2021 house price forecasts and predicted a delay in macroprudential controls due to COVID.