The housing investment slowdown is upon us (for at least a while)

The latest housing finance and housing credit data confirm that the level of activity from investors in the housing market is slowing.

Australian mortgage lenders have been rationing credit to the investor segment and lifting mortgage rates and these changes are starting to bite with investor demand now slowing.  It remains to be seen if this slowdown lasts or, if once these limits are eased the investor segment of the market comes back to residential property.

Since August…