Mortgage Stress Surges to 26.8 Percent After Three RBA Rate Hikes What Brokers Must Do Now
Mortgage stress hits 26.8 percent as three 2026 RBA rate hikes push 1.319 million borrowers to the edge.
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Australias Two Speed Housing Market Perth Surges While Sydney and Melbourne Slide
Perth surges 1.5 percent monthly while Sydney and Melbourne retreat from peaks.
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RBA Holds at 4.35 Percent The Tightening Cycle May Be Over What Brokers Need to Know
The RBA held the cash rate at 4.35 percent in June 2026 pausing after three consecutive rises. NAB calls the peak.
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Negative Gearing and CGT Overhaul What Every Mortgage Broker Needs to Know Now
Budget 2026 abolished negative gearing for established properties and restructured CGT.
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APRA’s System Risk Outlook Just Mapped Your Next Audit Focus: High-DTI, Investor Activity and the Competition Squeeze
APRA’s System Risk Outlook flags high-DTI, investor lending and bank competition risk. See where lender file scrutiny tightens next and how brokers pre-empt it.
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The Refinance Engine Just Stalled: Reading Equifax’s May Demand Slump Before Your Q3 Pipeline Dries Up
Equifax data shows mortgage demand crashing from +10.7% to -6.6% in five months. Why refinancing’s reversal and rising mortgage prisoners reshape your pipeline.
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Hold or Fourth Hike? The Broker’s Playbook for the RBA’s June 16 Rate Decision
The RBA’s June 16 call is on a knife-edge. Here’s the broker playbook for the 48 hours around the decision: back-book triage, serviceability and DTI capacity.
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Variable Rate War: 11 Lenders Cut, 40 Now Under 6% — Work Your Back Book Before the 16 June Pause
Eleven lenders cut new-customer variable rates and 40 now sit below 6%. How brokers turn the front-book war into a repricing pipeline before 16 June.
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NAB Flips to a Cut, Westpac Still Tips a Hike: Brokering a Split Forecast Before 16 June
NAB now tips the RBA’s next move is a cut while Westpac still sees a hike. Six days out from the 16 June call, here’s how brokers work a split forecast.
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Fixed Rates Already Priced the Hike: Reframing Fixed-vs-Variable Before the RBA’s 16 June Call
Westpac was the last Big Four bank to hike fixed rates. With the market already pricing the RBA’s 16 June move, here’s how brokers reframe fixed vs variable.
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Record Share, Rising Scrutiny: What 77.3% Broker Penetration Really Signals
Brokers now write 77.3% of new home loans. Here’s why record share invites remuneration and conduct scrutiny, and how to de-risk your broker business.
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Negative Gearing’s 1 July 2027 Cutover: Restructuring Investor Client Pipelines Before the Established-Property Cliff
The 13-month window to reposition investor pipelines before the 1 July 2027 negative gearing and CGT cutover. Grandfathering, dual scenarios, lender response.
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