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Good post Redom. Friday I found out that Macquarie is now increasing rates for investors that are fixing or taking IO.

It reduced the percentage of loans to first home buyers from 30% to 10%. I'm not sure that was the desired effect... Although first home buyers are responsible for pushing up prices at the lower end of the market so it may be helping keep things cool in the market. But when I go there for...

Nice post. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I think alot of things can be worked around, but the biggest worry is an increase to the repayment buffer for loans with other banks. That could push serviceability down the drain. But it could be offset if interest rates go...