APRA proposes new lending rule

With many confident the RBA will be cutting interest rates at the upcoming June meeting, Australia's banking regulator APRA (Australian Prudential Regulation Authority) has announced a proposal to scrap a rule requiring mortgage customers' lending capacity to be assessed at an inflated interest rate. Introduced in 2014 as a measure to contain rising house prices and housing investor loan …

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