RBA flags 'drastic action' to curb 'dangerously dumb' house prices

The Reserve Bank has warned regulators it could be forced to clamp down further on home loans and take more drastic action to cool the overheated housing markets.

One in three new home loans at risk, warns RBA

One third of new mortgage owners have less than a month's buffer against financial instability, the Reserve Bank has warned.

Property investors cool as crackdown takes effect

Investors are being shut out of the market with value of home loans written falling by 6 per cent.

Rates on hold amid increasing concern about house prices

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The Reserve Bank has held the cash rate steady amid growing pressure to lift rates to contain soaring home prices.

The next major Australian city in a cyclone's path

A cyclone the size of Debbie would have catastrophic consequences on the Gold Coast, new modelling has shown, as climate change pushes cyclones further south and building codes fail to keep up on the high-rise strip.

Foxes in the hen house. Chilling new ad takes on banks

Australia's industry super funds have launched an unprecedented advertising campaign.

Consumer confidence in housing at lowest level in 40 years

Consumer confidence in the Australian housing market has collapsed to its lowest level in 27 years, with the proportion of Australians believing real estate was the wisest place to put savings falling to below 12 per cent, the lowest level since 1974.

Australian housing markets 'defy belief', bank warns against knee-jerk policy reactions

Major bank warns government measures designed to address affordability could actually drive up prices.

ATM use hits 15-year-low as cashless society gathers momentum

Cash withdrawals have plummeted by 7 per cent as Australia gets ready for a new payments system.