As More Households Are Crushed, Bankers Talk Their Own Book On Easing Mortgage Lending Rules!

May 05, 2024 • 00:15:08
As More Households Are Crushed, Bankers Talk Their Own Book On Easing Mortgage Lending Rules!
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As More Households Are Crushed, Bankers Talk Their Own Book On Easing Mortgage Lending Rules!

May 05 2024 | 00:15:08

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Guess what, Bankers are looking at ways to ease lending standards to pump the market some more, as bank margins are under pressure at a time when lending growth is already strong, and more households are already in financial difficulty. The value of new housing loans have risen by 17.9% since March 2023, to $27.6 billion dollars and were up 3.1% in March, according to the ABS. The ABS also released their latest estimates of real living costs for households, they said Employee households recorded the largest annual rise in living costs of all household types with a rise of […]
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