can i remind u again that it was not uncommon for oz banks
granted over
90% loan in oz.High loan to value ratio is one of the
factors
leading to financial crisis.The so called sub prime crisis is
just a cover up.
The sup prime loan does not represent more than 15% of loan
in
total loan amount!!Now,u media dunt talk abt sub--prime
which
is not the main contributing factor in today crisis.
http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,28323,25288384-14327,00.html
The Sunday Telegraph
April 05, 2009 12:00am
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In the past fortnight, Commonwealth Bank, Bankwest, ING,
Challenger, Citibank and Suncorp have all cut their maximum loans
from 95 per cent to 90 per cent of the property value - and may cut
further. ANZ cut its maximum loan to 90 per cent last
November.
The move is designed to ensure the bank can recover the loan
value, if the house has to be sold in the event of a loan
default.
"There is a lot of talk about where house prices are headed
and the possibility of price falls," Peter Hayward, of Citibank
Mortgages, said.
"By reducing the maximum loan to 90 per cent, we are giving
ourselves, and our borrowers, more of a buffer to ensure that if
prices do fall, there is less risk of going into negative
equity."
Challenger likened the move to when stockbrokers increased
loan/valuation ratios on margin loans, when share prices
fell.
"What you are seeing is a staged pullback by lenders from
the market, to reduce risk," Challenger's Stuart Barton
said...................''