CBA sends shockwave through specufestor lending market

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By Leith van Onselen

A day after its subsidiary, Bankwest, slammed the brakes on property investment lending for new customers, its parent, the CBA, has done likewise. From The Australian:

Commonwealth Bank of Australia will be turning away property investor customers of rival banks wanting to refinance their loan.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.