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以前我也看到过一个资料,是说美国的银行和非银行金融机构竞争非常激烈,早在20来年前,使用贷款经纪(Loan Broker)的比例就比澳洲高出许多,而澳洲又比邻国新西兰高一些。
“百分百贷款”业务应该也是相似。目前在澳洲的房贷市场,众多非银行金融机构参与争夺客户、分割“蛋糕”,为了提高市场份额,做大规模,个别的已经开始提供“零首付贷款”。而在近邻新西兰的房贷市场上,基本上还是几大银行在垄断,象基金、财团之类的非银行金融机构都还很少参与房贷市场的竞争。
看看美国的现在,是不是不久的将来,这种“百分百贷款”在澳洲也会成为一种越来越普遍的新趋势呢?
不过,今天的《悉尼晨锋报》财经版也有一篇文章指出,竞争激烈的澳洲房贷市场使买房人士借贷越来越容易,但去年三次升息和油价等上涨,已造成一些买房者偿还贷款困难。
之前也有本地报章曾告诫首次置业人士,要当心市场上日益增加的无首期付款房贷。这些无首期房贷中的一些产品带着动听的口号,但利率却较高。可令首次置业者每月的偿还贷款额多增加几百元。因此贷款者应当确保自己有充分的实力偿付贷款,以免陷入严重的麻烦。
一旦发现偿还出现困难,贷款者应及时和银行或其他金融机构联系,商讨变更付款进度和金额以度过临时的难关。
Bad debt on the rise among home loan borrowers
March 8, 2007 - 3:01PM
A growing number of Australian households are falling behind in the mortgage payments as record indebtedness, rising interest rates and high petrol prices continue to bite.
Moody's Investors Services has found that 30-day delinquency levels in the fourth quarter of 2006 were on the rise, particularly in December, when seasonal factors such as Christmas spending depleted borrowers' pockets.
Moody's said the availability of "easy money" and a relaxation of lending rules had led to many Australian households incurring high levels of debt that were out of line with their ability to repay.
Moody's analyst and author of the report, Philip Wong, said that as a result of high debt levels, borrowers were much more sensitive to adverse movements in the cost of living and debt repayments.
"While interest rates appear to be on hold in the near term, the full impact of the most recent rate rises of 0.25 per cent in November, 2006 has not yet been reflected in borrower behaviour," Mr Wong said.
He said the housing loan market remains fiercely competitive between banks and non-bank lenders who are introducing new products such as no-deposit finance to drive volume and market share.
"The current trend of increasing issuer risk appetite and relaxation of lending rules may increase future delinquency and loss rates, especially during economic stress," Mr Wong said in the report.
The report said that rapid growth of house values, where borrowers benefited from significant equity build-up in their properties, had come to an end.
It said that while there were spectacular rises in Western Australia, property prices on the eastern seaboard were flat.
"Furthermore, disparities can be observed within cities themselves, with increased levels of mortgagee repossession in troubled areas like south-western Sydney but continued property appreciation in premium areas such as Sydney's north shore and eastern suburbs," the report said.
The chief executive of the Australian Banker's Association David Bell said the percentage of delinquent home loans for banks was at very low levels, particularly when compared with non-bank mortgage lending.
"The Moody's data shows that the delinquency performance of non-bank lenders' loans is much higher than for banks," Mr Bell said.
According to Moody's, non-conforming lenders' delinquency rate is 2.15 per cent for loans 30 days past due, while the banks' rate is 0.78 per cent.
"There is a large and growing segment of non-conforming lenders in the mortgage marketplace," Mr Bell said.
"They are not prudentially supervised and often need to act more quickly on a mortgage default than a bank."
He said if a customer cannot make payments on their loan they should speak to their bank as soon as possible.
"Generally, the bank will try to work out a solution, for example a different repayment schedule to accommodate temporary difficulties," Mr Bell said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/busin ... /1173166868474.html
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