APRA’s July banking statistics are out and in July, all six major banks remained above the APRA line in the sand for 10% investors loan growth:
Only CBA is playing by the rules at this point, although ANZ is decelerating and WBC was below before last month. It’s jump up may be driven by a reallocation of existing loans to the “investor” category. That is certainly the case with NAB which has re-categorised an huge slab of owner-occupier to investor loans, distorting its figures.
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Macquarie Bank continues to require a chart all its own and appears to operate without any regulatory restraint whatsoever: