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 ...

Beginning in February, Australia's banking regulator is set to impose a cap on high debt-to-income home loans, a strategic effort to curb housing market volatility amid rising property prices and ...

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 ...

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 ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's largest lender, believes demand for home loans is too high and is helping to push property prices up, Chief Executive Matt Comyn said on ...

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 ...

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 ...