Property
In the wake of the Chinese loan application fraud, Westpac has canceled $900 million worth of apartment loans, placing up to 3000 off the plan apartments into bloodshed settlement risk. Within the same 24 hours, ME Bank announces a ban on foreign investor lending, as growing fears about the scale of loan application fraud and money laundering under investigation by Australia’s top five banks.
Westpac has pulled a $900 million rug from under Ausin Group, the property marketing and financial services company, which sells more than 3000 apartments and house and land packages every year to Asian buyers.
ME Bank, which is owned by 29 superannuation funds, is the latest lender to ban foreign borrowers from taking out mortgages, adding to growing fears about the scale of possible fraud and money laundering under investigation by the nation's top five banks.