APRA increases banks’ loan serviceability buffer

With more than one in five new loans approved in the June 2021 quarter being more than six times the borrowers’ income, and the expectation that housing credit growth will run ahead of household income growth APRA increased banks’ loan serviceability interest rate buffer from 2.5 percentage points to 3.0 percentage points.  We recently spoke with AusBizTV to break down the October 6th announcement and discuss what’s behind the decision and the potential impact on borrowers.

Anthony Landahl | Equilibria Finance

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