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Westpac’s loan book plummets as mortgage growth collapses (opens the original)
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Westpac’s housing loan book substantially fell in August, with mortgage growth at the largest lenders grinding to a halt. Westpac’s housing loan book fell by $14.12 billion in August, with new data showing mortgage-book growth slowing sharply across the country’s 10 largest authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs). The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA) latest monthly ADI statistics showed that Westpac’s total housing portfolio contracting by $14.2 billion or 2.73 per cent
Investor lending retreat deepens housing credit slowdown (opens the original)
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Housing lending lost further momentum in August as investor borrowing cooled sharply. Housing credit growth slowed again in August, with Westpac economists pointing to a marked retreat in investor borrowing following federal tax changes and as higher interest rates begin to curb lending appetite. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) latest financial aggregates data showed private-sector credit rose 0.6 per cent over August, ahead of Westpac’s and the market’s 0.5 per cent forecast, taking annua
‘Perfect storm’: Building approvals plunge as supply stalls (opens the original)
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Australia’s housing supply outlook has darkened after approvals tumbled in August, prompting warnings that the nation could fall well short of its new-home targets. Australia’s housing supply outlook has deteriorated after apartment and townhouse approvals tumbled in August, prompting Master Builders Australia to warn that a mounting combination of cost, finance, and policy pressures could leave the nation well short of its new-home targets. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figur
Westpac joins ANZ in forecasting November hike (opens the original)
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Major banks are split on the cash-rate outlook moving forward as inflation risks reshape expectations. Westpac has joined Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) in forecasting that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will lift the cash rate again in November, as renewed inflation concerns and a unanimous September decision raise the prospect of a fifth rate increase this year. The major bank’s revised call came after the RBA Monetary Policy Board lifted the cash rate by 25 basis points to
Number of borrowers unable to refinance spikes (opens the original)
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New data has revealed a growing equity squeeze as higher rates deepen refinancing barriers for recent borrowers. More than one in five Australians who bought a home over the past three years remain above the 80 per cent loan-to-value ratio (LVR) threshold, exposing a sizeable cohort of recent buyers to the risk of being locked out of more competitive mortgage pricing. New analysis from major brokerage and aggregator Aussie Home Loans has found that 20.7 per cent of borrowers who purchased betwee
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