Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has predicted lending from the banks into the housing market will pick-up after an easing of regulations across the sector just as new…
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State governments are increasingly worried about the nation's key property markets and the fallout from the banking royal commission with most downgrading econo…
The Reserve Bank has belatedly acknowledged the damaging impact of the banking royal commission-induced credit squeeze on the residential property market.
The real danger now for all the banks, big and small, is that a revised settlement where Westpac does admit liability for specific breaches or a court case that…
Following the release of the banking royal commission's interim report, analysts are divided about just how much further the lending slowdown has to go.
NAB's decision to separate itself from the banking pack and not increase mortgage rates won’t deliver customer trust, but it might buy it some market share.
Reserve Bank governor Phillip Lowe says he has been appalled by the behaviour of Australia's banks, and blames remuneration that rewards sales for the scandals.…
A flood of smaller banks have hiked interest rates recently and this is worth noting even if you're one of the 80 per cent of borrowers who bank with the big fo…
As the royal commission into the financial services industry leaves a path of destruction and humiliation in its wake, much change lies ahead.
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