Economists say APRA’s new lift to the borrowing interest rate buffer will slow house price growth and is effectively an interest rate hike.
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The regulator has stepped in with new rules that make banks check if borrowers can afford repayments if the interest rate was 3 percentage points higher than the loan product rate, which is a rise from the 2.5 per cent previously.

A new Productivity Commission report has found that non-bank lending is on the rise.

Hot housing markets around the country look set to attract a crackdown from the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

Melbourne’s city office towers are basically sitting empty as the state capital rides out the current coronavirus lockdown.