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The major bank’s subsidiary has announced the introduction of additional progress payments to support Western Australia’s housing supply.

Capital cities that have led the home price recovery have recorded slowing growth, PropTrack has found.

Financial institutions will be able to offer a new form of personal advice, following a move by the government to create a new breed of ‘qualified advisers’.

The mortgage lender has lowered its serviceability buffer from 2 per cent to 1.5 per cent for certain borrowers, in a bid to help more broker clients access finance.

Households have remained resilient in servicing increased mortgage costs despite interest rate rises, CoreLogic’s head of research has said.

Credit risk has shown a positive turnaround towards the end of 2023, despite rising interest rates, new data has found.

Recent reforms in South Australia’s residential tenancy laws will implement specific grounds for terminating or declining to renew a tenancy.

Local e-conveyancing providers are “taking several steps to ensure we remain vigilant” in the aftermath of the cyber attack overseas.

The lender has confirmed it will put further investment into addressing “historic” issues, including developing its digital bank offering.

The value of Australia’s 11 million residential homes has topped $10.2 trillion for the first time.

The central bank has held the official cash rate steady in the lead-up to the holiday season.

The consumer watchdog has made a “fatal mistake” when it knocked back ANZ’s $4.9 billion acquisition of Suncorp Bank, the counsel representing ANZ has told the competition tribunal.

New home loan activity contributed to an uptick in mortgage growth in October, new ABS data has found, as refinancing continued to fall.

The former chief executive of RAMS has assumed the role of CEO at Beyond Bank.

Predictions from the big bank economists and markets have foreseen interest rates to hold steady in December.