April 3, 2025

Reserve Bank

Loans

The Coalition’s election promise to relax lending rules could lead to bigger home loans … and higher house prices

On its face, it’s a simple solution to a simple problem — many people are struggling to get home loans big enough to afford a property, so why not relax the rules around how much people can borrow? That’s what the Coalition is proposing to do, should it win the federal election on May 3.

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