The RBNZ may further tighten mortgage lending to guard against financial stability risks through adjustments to LVR restrictions.
May 6, 2021The FSC is setting up a special financial response team and new monitoring system to root out speculation in the property market.
April 10, 2021The RBNZ is concerned that increases in highly-leveraged borrowing, if continued, could lead to emerging risks to financial stability.
December 9, 2020Banks are mandated to lend a portion of their funds to priority sectors. Allowing NBFCs to serve as middlemen for such lending provides them a liquidity backstop.
August 14, 2019Announcement of reduction in minimum risk weights and an increase in the loan-to-value ratio is a bid to boost demand for low-cost housing.
October 13, 2015China has relaxed its property investment rules for foreigners, allowing them to buy as many properties as they wish and loosening restrictions on loans and settlement in foreign currencies.
August 31, 2015The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is down-playing its desire for city-specific lending restrictions to cool Sydney and Melbourne property prices.
August 31, 2015The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has asked lenders to lift their standards for interest-only mortgages, after a probe found that lending criteria do not meet their responsible lending obligations.
August 23, 2015The Reserve Bank of Australia has reported that its measures to cool investment lending in housing seem to be working.
June 1, 2015