Let’s get serious. What other crazy stuff can blow off house prices?

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I’m not at all convinced that scrapping responsible lending rules will do it. The headwinds for SE property are immense. But the intention is clear, as is the bonkers mentality apparent in the Morrison Government to do it.

So, what else can the bubble managers come up with to blow the bubble bigger? The first option is the APRA lending buffer:

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has announced that it will proceed with proposed changes to its guidance on the serviceability assessments that authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) perform on residential mortgage applications.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.