However, the department does provide federal dollars to California, investigate complaints of discrimination involving California schools and students, and oversee federal student loans—loans that ...

Homeownership will become easier for Australians burdened with student debt after financial regulators promised to relax HECS ...

Homeownership will become easier for Australians burdened with student debt after financial regulators promised to relax HECS treatment by lenders.

The average interest rate on 10-year fixed-rate private student loans inched up last week. For many borrowers, that means ...

Not every person with a HECS debt will "suddenly" be approved for a home loan, the Australian Banking Association chief says.

Under current rules, banks factor in HELP repayments when determining how much they’re willing to lend, which can be a barrier for some first-time homebuyers. But new guidance is aiming to allow more ...

Financial regulators — advising banks on mortgage assessments — will reconsider how student debt is factored into an ...

Big banks have agreed to review the impact of university debts for degrees on home loan approvals following a personal intervention by the Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has instructed the prudential regulator to relax how HECS is treated when banks conduct mortgage ...

Young Australians with student debts will find it easier to take out home loans with changes to the rules around what banks ...

APRA will also clarify that property developers do not need to have sold all units off the plan to get a loan.

Australia's centre-left Labor government has asked financial regulators to help would-be home buyers with student loans to ...