ANZ is clamping down on lending in Perth and Brisbane to encourage greater honesty in loan applications and amid concerns about apartment oversupply and softening prices.
ANZ has tightened lending restrictions in 11 postcodes in Perth and Brisbane to ensure borrowers are being honest in their applications and amid concerns about oversupply of apartments.
The big-four bank sent its mortgage brokers a list of 25 suburbs in which borrowing will be capped at 80 per cent of the apartment's value.
The tighter rules apply to resdiential apartments, including off-the-plan apartments and apartments worth less than $3 million.
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ANZ has also issued brokers with a docment that outlines the "minimum requirements and guiding principals" required in the broker-client transaction, reminding them that loan applications must only contain truthful information.
Brokers will be required to document elements of their conversations with clients, and must show the client's complete information and reasoning for the loan recommendation.
Brisbane
4000 Brisbane CBD, Spring Hill, Petrie Terrace
4006 Fortitude Valley, Bowen Hills, Herston, Newstead
4010 Albion
4011 Clayfield, Hendra
4014 Banyo, Nudgee, Virginia
4102 Dutton Park, Woolloongabba
4171 Hawthorne, Bulimba, Balmoral
Perth
6000 Perth CBD
6004 East Perth
6104 Redcliffe, Ascot, Belmont
6151 Kensington, South Perth
Data shows apartment prices are falling
According to data from the REIWA, the Perth median apartment price as of 30 June 2017 was $407,000, that's down 3.1 per cent from $420,000 the previous quarter, but down just 0.7 per cent from $410,000 compared with the same time the previous year.
Perth's median apartment prices are down 10.0 per cent from their high of $452,000 in June 2014, according to the REIWA data.
CoreLogic data shows that Brisbane's median apartment price as of the end of August, was $386,412, down 3.2 per cent for the year, and down 0.8 per cent for the quarter.
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