Treasurer Scott Morrison pushes crackdown on investor loans

By Eryk Bagshaw and James Massola
Updated March 25 2017 - 2:18pm, first published 2:13pm

Treasurer Scott Morrison has urged financial regulators to crack down harder on loans to real estate investors amid revelations that foreign buyers are spending $8 billion per year on new homes in NSW and Victoria, locking out owner-occupiers.

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