MORTGAGE LOANS – AUSTRALIA

Lenders see sanity return to home loans

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Original article by Michael Bennet
The Australian – Page: 15 & 18 : 19-Dec-16

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank CEO Mike Hirst notes that Australia’s four major banks are offering smaller discounts on mortgage interest rates than in the first half of 2016. He adds that the banks would have struggled to achieve a good return on these loans given the size of some discounts. Credit Union Australia CEO Rob Goudswaard expects a rise in mortgage interest rates after a period of intense competition. He also does anticipate a rise in the cash rate in 2017.

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BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE BANK LIMITED – ASX BEN, CREDIT UNION AUSTRALIA LIMITED, BANK OF QUEENSLAND LIMITED – ASX BOQ, LIBERTY FINANCIAL PTY LTD, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, DIGITAL FINANCE ANALYTICS, DEUTSCHE BANK AG

Westpac and NAB lift rates on investors

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Original article by Michael Bennet
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 6-Dec-16

National Australia Bank (NAB) and Westpac have raised their interest rates on loans to property investors. NAB’s new and existing investors will now pay 5.55 per cent on loans with variable rates. A rise of 15 basis points will take effect on 12 December 2016. The rate for owners-occupiers remains unchanged at 5.25 per cent. Westpac has lifted interest-only rates for investors and owner-occupiers by eight basis points.

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NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA

Foreign banks fill lending void

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Original article by Scott Murdoch
The Australian – Page: 23 : 30-Nov-16

Data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority shows that the average mortgage balance has risen from $A244,000 in 2015 to $A255,000. However, the value of new home loans grew by only 0.1 per cent year-on-year in the September 2016 quarter. A recent move by Australia’s major banks to reduce their lending to residential developers has also seen the value of offshore banks’ lending to local developers rise from $A1.49bn to $A2.65bn in the last year. Meanwhile, data from the Housing Industry Association shows that sales of new detached homes and apartments fell by 8.2 per cent and 9.2 per cent respectively in October.

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AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY, HOUSING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION LIMITED, MORNINGSTAR PTY LTD

Get your next home loan by video session

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Original article by James Eyers
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 24-Nov-16

Hashching is conducting a pilot program for a biometric identity verification service which is to be used in processing mortgage applications. As the program complies with "know your client" banking regulations, it eliminates the need for the presence of the applicant in the bank branch. Hashching co-founder Mandeep Sodhi says he will meet with representatives of the banks to persuade them to make mortgage applications fully digital.

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HASHCHING PTY LTD, ISELECT LIMITED – ASX ISU, MICROSOFT CORPORATION, TYRO PAYMENTS

Investor home loans on the rise as building approvals hit peak

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Original article by Michael Bleby
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 11-Nov-16

Lending to residential property investors increased by 4.6 per cent to $A12.4 billion in September 2016, from the previous month. Lending to owners-occupiers, excluding refinancing of existing mortgages, declined slightly to $A13 billion. Jo Masters, a senior economist at the ANZ Bank, says house prices continue to rise, auction clearance rates are high and building approvals are also high, but this trend may not be sustainable.

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, COMMONWEALTH SECURITIES LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FORUM, HOUSING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Fewer home loans a good thing: APRA

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Original article by Joanna Mather
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 21-Oct-16

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority chairman Wayne Byres has told a Senate estimates committee that lending standards in the housing finance sector have improved over the last year. He added that APRA’s move to impose stricter lending standards on the industry has also resulted in slower growth in lending to property investors and to marginal borrowers. Treasury secretary John Fraser previously expressed concern about the cost of housing in Australia when he fronted the committee.

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AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY

Mortgage price war ‘will hurt dividend’

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Original article by Michael Bennet
The Australian – Page: 23 : 20-Oct-16

Scott Manning of JP Morgan says stricter capital requirements and a rise in the customer churn rate contributed to a decline in the four major banks’ return on equity from mortgages between 2010 and 2015. He adds that the return from banks’ non-mortgage products fell to the same level as their cost of capital during this period. Manning warns that banks’ dividends will be vulnerable if the return on equity from mortgages falls any further, and he argues that banks should be offering tailored mortgage interest rates that reflect each borrower’s risk profile.

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JP MORGAN AUSTRALIA LIMITED, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, DIGITAL FINANCE ANALYTICS, BANK OF QUEENSLAND LIMITED – ASX BOQ

Wrinkles in CBA’s satisfaction crown

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Original article by Vesna Poljak
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 6-Oct-16

Roy Morgan Research’s latest survey of customer bank satisfaction shows that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) ranked first in retail main financial institution customer satisfaction for the six months to August 2016. Customers were less satisfied with CBA’s mortgage products, with CBA ranking third out of the big four banks. CBA dominates Australia’s mortgage market, with a 25.3 per cent market share.

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COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

High reliance on two incomes to repay home loans presents a potential risk

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 20-Sep-16

Roy Morgan Research’s "State of the Nation – Spotlight on Finance Risk" report shows that Australian households with two incomes now account for 67.2 per cent of owner-occupied mortgages. Overall some 9.3 per cent of dual-income households are classified as "at risk" of mortgage stress. Meanwhile, 17.4 per cent of Australians (705,000) who have a mortgage on the home they are living in can be classified as being "at risk", based on an average interest rate of 5.4 per cent. Over the last 10 years, mortgage holders "at risk" peaked in May 2008 (32.7 per cent) when the standard variable home-loan rate was 9.45 per cent.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Rate cuts ‘hurt some but overall we gain’

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Original article by David Uren
The Australian – Page: 21 : 16-Sep-16

A report released by the Reserve Bank of Australia suggests that official interest rate cuts have a net gain for the nation overall, despite the impact on savers. The report argues that each $A1 reduction in home loan repayments results in an average increase of at least $A0.20 in expenditure on consumer durables. However, spending on durables rises by just $A0.04 on average for each $A1 increase in the interest income of net savers.

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RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA