The Reserve Bank is looking at removing the limits on home loans to low-deposit borrowers to help counter the economic downturn.
Deputy governor Geoff Bascand says loan-to-value ratios were designed to cool a surging housing market, but that has changed.
The Property Investors Federation says removing LVRs would be good news for both first-home buyers, and investors, but some property market analysts doubt much will change.
Bindi Norwell is the chief executive of the Real Estate Institute.
