In addition, the 12-year fixed rate investment property loan and its low documentation equivalent will no longer be available. The changes also apply to all special borrower packages.
From the AFR:
Westpac is toughening lending conditions on investment property loans, the third change to its mortgage products in three months because of growing regulatory pressure to clamp-down on interest-only products.
…Westpac is reducing the maximum allowable interest-only term for investment property loans to 10 years. The interest-only term could previously be extended to 15 years, according to brokers.
…Christopher Foster Ramsay, principal of Foster Ramsay Finance, said during the past six weeks some lenders had “stopped aggressively going for market share” by trimming margin discounts and tightening terms and conditions.