Compliance

Stamp duty increases 695pc in past 20 years

by Reporter • 25 Jun 2015

Property buyers around Australia have suffered colossal increases in stamp duty over the past two decades. READ MORE

by • 24 Jun 2015

Yesterday’s NSW state budget has forecast an easing in residential transfer duty growth, having grown an estimated 20... READ MORE

by • 10 Jun 2015

The value of new investor loans rose in April despite attempts by the prudential regulator to curb investor lending,... READ MORE

by Reporter • 2 Jun 2015

New data from APRA shows that its crackdown on investor lending may be working. READ MORE

by Reporter • 29 May 2015

APRA has revealed it will pay particular attention to housing lending standards next financial year as discussions... READ MORE

by Nick Bendel • 27 May 2015

Credit repair companies regularly mislead and exploit vulnerable consumers, according to a regulator’s report. READ MORE

by Reporter • 22 May 2015

Small businesses should be wary of “bending the rules” to capitalise on the government’s newly proposed tax... READ MORE

by Nick Bendel • 18 May 2015

APRA is slowly increasing pressure on Australia’s banks despite an industry view that lending standards are sound. READ MORE

by Reporter • 14 May 2015

Liberal, Labor and Greens parliamentarians have joined forces to call for an end to stamp duty. READ MORE

by Huntley Mitchell • 8 May 2015

Three of the industry’s biggest groups have hotly denied allegations that their brokers are not complying with credit... READ MORE