Last week CBA, NAB and ANZ all capitulated to APRA on its 10% line on the sand for property loan portfolio growth. Today it’s a full house, from the AFR:
Westpac is cutting the lucrative interest rate discounts offered to new housing investors, as lenders act to slow the rapid growth in lending to property investors by charging them more for credit.
As regulatory pressure on banks ramps up over concerns about Sydney’s red-hot housing market, the country’s second biggest lender on Tuesday said it would reduce “pricing discretions” on a range of loan products for property investors.
