17 Jun 2021

Tenants will be hit harder by debt to income ratios - Property Investors Federation

From Morning Report, 7:09 am on 17 June 2021

Property investors believe tenants will be the ultimate losers from any new restriction on mortgage lending.

The Finance Minister has agreed in-principle to give the RBNZ powers to fix upper borrowing limits to income.

A debt-to-income ratio tool has the potential to cool a hot housing market.

It means a property buyer can only borrow up to a certain multiple of their income.

Property Investors' Federation chief executive Sharon Cullwick spoke to Corin Dann.