Johanna Leggatt is the Lead Editor for Forbes Advisor, Australia. She has more than 20 years' experience as a print and digital journalist, including with Australian Associated Press (AAP) and The Sun ...

Sophie Venz is a former Deputy Editor at Forbes Advisor. She is an experienced editor and features reporter, and has previously worked in the small business and start-up reporting space. Previously ...

Australia’s home-loan market can easily cope with another 50 basis points of interest-rate hikes without sparking a sharp increase in mortgage arrears, according to S&P Global Ratings. “Our ...

(Reuters) -Australia’s banking regulator will impose its first cap on high debt-to-income home loans from February, moving to curb housing risks as property prices surge and credit growth accelerates.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-biggest lender Westpac Banking Corp (WBC.AX) agreed to pay a A$35 million (19.4 million pounds) fine after admitting to wrongly assessing people's ability to ...

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia said on Wednesday it will combine its Aussie Home Loans business with Lendi, an online loan platform, creating a business with one of the largest ...

Finder home loans expert Richard Whitten said some borrowers had stretched themselves to enter the housing market. "Many Aussies who took out a loan at the top of their borrowing capacity are now ...

Australia’s Craggle releases AI tool for refinancing home loans Craggle, a fintech company aimed at helping Australians negotiate a better rate for their home loan, has launched an AI-powered tool ...

Australia's second-largest home lender has lifted its fixed home loan rates by up to 0.35% in a further sign the market is ...

SYDNEY, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Australia's banking regulator on Wednesday tightened restrictions on home lending and flagged possible further action, saying rapid loan growth that has fed a surge in ...